• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.79-87
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among psychological, emotional variables related to the career indecision of college students and to present effective action strategies by searching basic data that can prevent college students from undeciding their career path. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between the variables related to career indecision of college students and the structural equation model to verify the fit of the research model. The results of this study suggest that adaptive perfectionism has a positive effect on career decision self-efficacy and career decision self-efficacy has a negative effect on career indecision and adaptive perfectionism has a negative effect on career indecision by mediating career decision self-efficacy. In addition, maladaptive perfectionism has a negative effect on career decision self-efficacy, and it has a positive effect on career indecision through mediation of career decision self-efficacy. we discussed the implications for career decision making and employment of college students based on the results of the relationship between variables such as perfectionism, career decision self-efficacy, and career indecision.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.73-89
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• 2021

Establishing career goals and making a career choice is the most crucial task for college students. This study aims to identify the motive of college students' career choices and analyze the relationship between career capabilities and career decision-making in order to provide basic materials that can assist college students in the career decision-making process. To do this, a survey was conducted among college students attending a D university in Busan. A total of 326 survey responses were selected for analysis, and path analysis was conducted using SPSS 25 and AMOS 25. The results of the study are as follows. First, intrinsic motivation for career choice and extrinsic motivation for career choice were found to affect career consideration and career management capabilities, respectively, with statistical significance. Second, career consideration and career path management capabilities influenced both concreteness and confidence, which are elements of career decision-making with statistical significance. Intrinsic motivation for career choice and extrinsic motivation for career choice affected concreteness and confidence in career decision-making with career consideration and career management capabilities as parameters. These findings imply that in order to increase the concreteness and confidence in the career decision-making of undergraduate students, it is necessary to strengthen their career consideration and career management capabilities. As the unemployment rate of youths rises and the types and specialization of jobs increase amid uncertainty in the future employment conditions, undergraduate students face increasing difficulties in career decision-making. The results of this research are expected to be used as basic materials for the career decision-making of undergraduate students, which will assists in career path consultation and guidance in universities.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.265-273
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among social support, career decision-making self-efficacy, and career decision level in golf majors. For this purpose, a survey was given to a convenience sample of 215 students in universities in Seoul and its metropolitan areas. The data were then analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlations, and multiple regression analysis. The major findings of this study were as follows. First, social support had a significant effect on the career decision-making self-efficacy of golf majors. Second, social support had a significant effect on the career decision level of golf majors. Third, career decision-making self-efficacy had a significant effect on the career decision level of golf majors. The results of this study may be helpful to provide empirical evidence on the roles of social supports and career decision-making self-efficacy needed to decide golf majors' career path.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.13-19
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• 2012

Selecting one's career is one of the most important decisions for individuals because it will have a strong influence on his/her life. Especially for college students who are in the process of getting ready to step into the society after the graduation, career decision making becomes one of the most difficult tasks, and a real one. The purpose of this study was to analyze decision making styles and career decision making progress of Dental Laboratory Technology college students, and to test hypotheses which are related to the effects of counseling programs on students' decision making styles.

• Journal of Naturopathy
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.11-20
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 'career decision making', 'school career education activities and participation', and 'school career education satisfaction' after 568 high school students. Methods: The subjects were surveyed after the counseling training. Results: 49.3% of the respondents answered that they had "decided but considered" in the "career decision information items" of the questionnaire about the subjects after the school career counseling education. 28.0% of the parents' advice was the most helpful when choosing their career, and 52.2% of the career decision making at school. There were 13 items in 'participation in school career education activity', and the average value was 3.49. The highest score was 3.66 points for "college or major experience" and the lowest score of 3.27 points for career-linked career education. In 'satisfaction with School Career Education', 94.7% of creative experiential activities and 94% of career and vocational courses were enthusiasts, and entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship experience (10.6%) were low. The career decision - making self - efficacy was also high in the group with high satisfaction of career education. Conclusions: School career decisions for high school students were effective when they were devoted to parental advice, university experience, creative vocational and career, and vocational education. The career decision - making self - efficacy was high in the group with high satisfaction of career education. Therefore, career counseling education considered adequate if it is devoted to education professionals.

• Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.931-938
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to obtain the basic data to enhance the career decision self-efficacy of undergraduates by investigating the variables affecting it by looking into the influence of career motivation and flourish of undergraduates. To achieve this, a survey research was conducted for the 355 undergraduates who were studying at the university in B-city with measuring tool of the career decision self-efficacy, the career motivation and the flourish. The result of this study was as follows; Firstly, there were significant positive correlations among career decision self-efficacy, career motivation and flourish. Secondly, it showed that there is a significant moderating effect of flourish in the relationship between career motivation and career decision self-efficacy in undergraduates. The results of this study suggest that career motivation and Floridians have a significant effect on career decision self-efficacy. It is suggested that career motivation and florish should be considered together to improve the career decision self-efficacy of college students and to enable them to carry out the career decision task successfully.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.125-144
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• 2019

The purpose of this research is to provide implication for the preparation of the specific and practical strategy through an analysis of whether commitment to career choice (vocational exploration commitment and tendency to foreclose) acts as a mediating effect between self-determination (autonomy, competence, and relatedness) and career preparation behavior. Data was collected from 258 students at a vocational training school in Seoul, and was analyzed hierarchical regression analysis. The result shows that commitment to career choice has partial mediating effect on the relationship between self-determination and career preparation behavior. Secondly, self-determination effects on career preparation behavior and among them, the effect of relatedness is predominant. The result of this study suggest practical insights about how a vocational training school can motivate students to participate in self-determination and commitment to career choice for improved educational environment with related career preparation programs.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.1223-1233
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in university student's career maturity according to general characteristics(for example, gender, grade, and SES) and undergraduate student's career decision-making styles. A scale measuring the career decision-making styles(Harren, 1984) and career maturity(Crites, 1978) was administered to 223 university students around the capital city. The data were analyzed using Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ tests, means, standard deviations, One-way MANOVAs, and Multiple Discriminant Analyses. The results of this study were as follows: 1. There was not significant difference by gender in career maturity. But there were significant differences by grade and SES in career maturity. Freshmen and Senior exhibited higher career decision-making attitude than sophomores and juniors. High-SES group showed higher career decision-making attitude and lower career independence. 2. There were significant differences by career decision-making styles in career maturity. 51.1% of our samples were rational decision-making styles, 30.0% of our samples were intuitive decision-making styles, and 18.8% of our samples were dependent decision-making styles. Undergraduate students with rational decision-making styles showed more positive career choice behavior and higher career independence than undergraduate students dependent decision-making styles.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.324-335
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• 2020

This study sought to find out the impact of a university student's parental love on their career maturity and the effect of adjusting their career-setting self-efficiency and cognitive flexibility in their relationship. For this purpose, 362 college students in Daejeon, Chungnam, and Seoul were analyzed, there were significant differences between parental attachment and career-setting self-efficiency depending on gender, according to the study. Second, career-setting self-efficiency had a significant impact on career maturity. Third, the effect of controlling cognitive flexibility and career-setting self-efficiency was seen between parental affections and career maturity. This shows that parents attachment may have different effects on university students' career maturity, depending on the degree of career-setting self-efficiency, cognitive flexibility in the process of parental affection affecting the university students' career maturity. Therefore, it can be used to develop various programs that can help individuals decide their career path with recognizing that there are different internal factors within the university student group.

• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.241-249
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• 2024

The purpose of this study was to investigate the individual variables that influence the behavior of college students who successfully set career goals, plan for achieving goals, and specifically practice them. As a result of analyzing the relationship between career stress, career decision-making self-efficacy, career motivation, and career preparation behavior through a survey of 300 four-year college students nationwide, career stress negatively affected career self-efficacy, career decision-making self-efficacy had a positive effect on career motivation, and career motivation had a positive effect on career preparation behavior. In addition, career decision-making self-efficacy and career motivation sequentially mediated between career stress and career preparation behavior. It is significant that college students found personal variables necessary to successfully prepare for career and confirmed the relationship between the variables through the results of this study.