• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.273-280
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to examine an influence of university students' major satisfaction on career preparation behavior and the mediating effect of openness to diversity. The survey questionnaire was distributed to 182 university students and SPSS 23.0, AMOS 23.0 program was used for statistical analysis of the data. The results of this study are as follows: First, major satisfaction has a positive effect on openness to diversity and career preparation behavior. Second, openness to diversity has a positive effect on career preparation behavior. Third, openness to diversity has a partiall mediating effect between major satisfaction and career preparation behavior. These results show that the more students enhance their major satisfaction and openness to diversity, the more students enhance their career preparation behavior.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.542-555
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• 2017

This study aims to examine the effect of self-esteem on career search self-efficacy and career exploration behavior focused on the mediating effect of career search self-efficacy with a sample of 211 university students majoring in airline service in Choong Chung province. Data collection was carried out using the self-administered questions based on the use of structured survey questionnaire. The results of the study are as follows. First, positive self-esteem had significant positive(+) effect on all the factors of career search self-efficacy while negative self-esteem had a negative(-) effect on interviewing efficacy. Second, positive self-esteem had significant positive(+) effect on job exploration. Third, career search self-efficacy had significant positive(+) effect on career exploration behavior. Lastly, career search self-efficacy fully mediated the relationship between positive self-esteem and career exploration behavior.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.146-158
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• 2017

This study conducted a survey to investigate career decision-making self-efficacy, and career preparation behavior related to self-leadership among students major in culinary area. Frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis and multiple regression analysis were employed using SPSS 16.0 Version statistical package program, and various results were discovered. First, all the subfactors of self-leadership factors (behavior focused, natural reward, and constructive thought strategy) had a positive effect on career decision-making self-efficacy factors (occupational information, goal setting, career planning, problem solving, self-appraisal). Second, all the factors of self-leadership factors (behavior focused, natural reward and constructive thought strategy) had a positive effect on career preparation (information search activity, goal achievement activity). As a result, the study confirmed that strengthening of self-leadership for culinary major college/university students is important predictor for development with career decision-making self-efficacy and career preparation behavior.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.307-314
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• 2021

This study examined to identify the effect of self-leadership, career decision-making self-efficacy, and critical thinking disposition on career preparation behavior in nursing students. Data were collected from nursing students attending in nursing departments in G and M cities from April to June 2019. The 208 data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis. Self-leadership(β=.331, p<.001) and critical thinking disposition(β=.302, p<.001) reported to have effect on career preparation behavior. The study model accounted for 38.7% of career preparation behavior. These results suggest that measures to promote self-leadership and career decision-making self-efficacy should be developed and operated to improve career preparation behavior of nursing students in the nursing education field.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.238-250
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to analyze foodservice and culinary arts majors' career preparation behavior by grade and career decision-making self-efficacy levels. Toward this end, 250 students majoring in foodservice and culinary arts were selected as a sample from three universities located in Chungcheong province. A total of 217 copies of the questionnaire were analyzed after excluding 33 copies. The results of this study are as follows. First, upper-grade students were more actively engaged in career exploration, information collection, experiencing behavior, and career preparation behavior than lower-grade students. Second, the level of career preparation behavior of the group with higher career decision-making self-efficacy was higher than the other with lower career decision-making self-efficacy. Third, the interactive effects of career decision-making self-efficacy and grade on career preparation behavior proved to be statistically insignificant Thus, career decision self-efficacy should be improved and the foundation of structured career education should be established according to grade.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.121-138
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• 2016

This study is intended to present effective career guidance and direction by identifying the various factors involved in the career preparation behavior for the improvement of the employment rate of culinary and foodservice management major field students. This study was established on the hypothesis of a structural relationship that career decision-making self-efficacy develops career maturity and career preparation behavior on the basis of social cognitive career theory, which was verified through empirical analysis. Out of 450 survey responses from by Culinary and Foodservice Management Major Students, a total of 302 questionnaires were used for the final analysis due to missing values and biased responses(response rate: 83.6%). Collected data were identified using SPSS 16.0 and AMOS 5.0. A higher-order factor model was employed (High-order model) before a confirmatory factor analysis, and this study examined its reliability and validity analysis for hypothesis testing. Career decision-making self-efficacy had positive effects on career maturity(t=6.86, p<0.001) and career preparation behavior(t=3.83, p<0.001), and career maturity had positive effects on career preparation behavior (t=2.79, p<0.01). As a result, all hypotheses were accepted. These results confirmed that strengthening students' faith in themselves with competencies is core competencies with career-related issue can be the driving force that can enable students to develop into mature professionals. Therefore, this study suggests an awareness of the importance of career decision-making self efficacy and proposes a need for a systematic and integrated career counseling program that can improve it.

• Journal of vocational education research
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.209-230
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• 2010

In this study, the career barriers exploration counseling program was carried out to research the factor on the career barriers of women's college students. And then the effect of the career barriers exploration counseling program on career preparation behavior of the women's students was analyzed. The program that referred to the career counseling program proposed in domestic and career material suggested in Korean Women's Development Institute and Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training was adopted in this investigation. Moreover referred to the previous research and reference related to career counseling that had conducted the related factor on career barriers and career preparation behavior. First of all, the program was reconstructed by referring to the Gottfredson(1981)'s career development theory. In order to verify the effect of the program on career preparation behavior of women's college students, two times tests were carried out on 10 persons of the experimental group and the control group respectively, before and after the program was performed. And then the ANCOVA was done on the difference between the post-test results of the experimental group and the control group. Findings of this study might be summarized as follows: First, the post-test result in the experimental group on career barriers was significantly lower than in the control group. Second, on career preparation behavior the result in the experimental group was higher than in the control group. Therefore, the career barriers exploration counseling program had a significant influence on career barriers of women's college students and the program impacted on career preparation behavior of women's college students significantly.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.11
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• pp.404-414
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• 2013

This study establishes structure pattern about private security guard major under graduate students career preparation conduct and reality adaptability wishes to deduce high theoretical pattern. Then, I wish to verify causality of variables included in pattern. This study established private security guard major of 3 university by population to Seoul, Gyeonggi Province in 2012. Using purposive sampling method, 130 samples were drawn and were used for the final analysis. Validity and reliability of questionnaire verified to be through confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analysis. Validity of questionnaire came out to be over exogenous variable value .664, endogenous variable value .787. In this study, utilizes AMOS 18.0 and SPSS WIN 18.0 programs for reliability analysis and took advantage of technique of covariance structure analysis. The conclusion is following : First, private security guard major self-clearness shortage exerts contradictory influence on career decision efficacy. Second, private security guard major self-clearness shortage does not affect on career preparation behavior. Third, problem about private security guard major age exerts contradictory influence on career decision efficacy. Fourth, problem about private security guard major age does not affect on career preparation behavior. Fifth, physical inferiority complex of a private security guard major does not affect in career decision efficacy. Sixth, physical inferiority complex of a private security guard major does not affect on career preparation behavior. Seventh, private security guard major course decision efficacy affects on career preparation behavior.

• Journal of vocational education research
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.1-20
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to identify the cognitive and psychological precedence factors of career preparation behaviors of university students and to clarify the structural relationships between the variables. First, the effects of reflective learning on university students' career preparation behaviors were examined and the mediating effect of grit between reflective learning and career preparation behavior was verified. The research analyzed 307 university students in the 3rd and 4th year. The results of the study have shown that the reflective learning had a significant positive relationship with all variables of grit and career preparation behavior, but non-reflective learning have an insignificance relationship with all the main variables. In addition, reflective learning has a direct positive effect on career preparation behavior, and grit has a mediating effect on the relationship between reflective learning and career preparation behavior. The results of this study indicate that the more original variables are further identified and extended to improve career preparation behaviors of university students. It is significant that they are provided with the basic data for the development of career and job preparation education programs that can be applied in the university education field. In addition, it has been confirmed that it is important for university students to improve their ability to critically reflect on themselves, their surroundings and circumstances in order to keep them engaged and to maintain their interests. Moreover, higher education institutions should provide fundamental and extensible method of practice and educational environment.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.349-362
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• 2024

This study examines the relationship between social-emotional competence, major satisfaction, and career preparation behaviors for nursing students and identifies factors influencing career preparation behaviors. Data collection was conducted from December 5, 2023, to January 3, 2024, targeting 197 nursing college students (2nd to 4th year) from universities located in S City, C Province, and K Province. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 29.0 software, employing descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA (post hoc analysis using Scheffe), Pearson's correlation, and hierarchical multiple regression. The results indicated statistically significant positive correlations among nursing students' social-emotional competence, major satisfaction, and career preparation behaviors. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that factors influencing career preparation behaviors included year of study, participation in career-related programs, social-emotional competence, and major satisfaction, with these variables explaining 40.3% of the variance in career preparation behaviors. Based on the results, it is necessary to develop and apply programs to strengthen social-emotional competencies considering the academic year of nursing student. And customized career programs should be established to increase major satisfaction.