• Journal of vocational education research
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.161-177
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• 2011

The major purpose of this study is to see the effects of medical students' self-regulated learning on career adaptability. Therefore, we carried out self-regulated learning and career adaptability tests for the 252 medical students belong to the K university to examine the above subject. Then the respondents were divided into two groups according to the level of career adaptability to see the group differences on self-regulated learning. The results of this research are as follows. The group of high career adaptability was scored higher than the lower scored group in every domains of self-regulated learning except test anxiety. And also the result of regression analysis to see the effects of self-regulated learning on sub-domains of the career adaptability like responsibility, interpersonal relationship, proactivity, positive attitude showed statistically significant differences to the total score of career adaptability except motivation controlling. Based on the above results, this study suggest the need of mediation related with self-regulation, and also the need of counselling and education to help the medical students suffering from adaptability. Furthermore, suggest following studies searching the multiple variables affecting career adaptability.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.185-196
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• 2023

This paper investigates the effects of entrepreneurs' cognitive biases on business opportunity evaluation, given their strong entrepreneurial spirit, which is characterized by innovation, proactivity, and risk-taking. When making decisions related to business activities, entrepreneurs typically make rational judgments based on their knowledge, experience, and the advice of external experts. However, in situations of extreme stress or when quick decisions are required, they often rely on heuristics based on their cognitive biases. In particular, we often see cases where entrepreneurs fail because they make decisions based on heuristics in the process of evaluating and selecting new business opportunities that are planned to guarantee the growth and sustainability of their companies. This study was conducted in response to the need for research to clarify the effects of entrepreneurs' cognitive biases on new business opportunity evaluation, given that the cognitive biases of entrepreneurs, which are formed by repeated successful experiences, can sometimes lead to business failure. Although there have been many studies on the effects of cognitive biases on entrepreneurship and opportunity evaluation among university students and general people who aspire to start a business, there have been few studies that have clarified the relationship between cognitive biases and social networks among entrepreneurs. In contrast to previous studies, this study conducted empirical surveys of entrepreneurs only, and also conducted research on the relationship with social networks. For the study, a survey was conducted using a parallel survey method using online mobile surveys and self-report questionnaires from 150 entrepreneurs of small and medium-sized enterprises. The results of the study showed that 'overconfidence' and 'illusion of control', among the independent variables of entrepreneurs' cognitive biases, had a statistically significant positive(+) effect on business opportunity evaluation. In addition, it was confirmed that the moderating variable, social network, moderates the effect of overconfidence on business opportunity evaluation. This study showed that entrepreneurs' cognitive biases play a role in the process of evaluating and selecting new business opportunities, and that social networks play a role in moderating the structural relationship between entrepreneurs' cognitive biases and business opportunity evaluation. This study is expected to be of great help not only to entrepreneurs, but also to entrepreneur education and policy making, by showing how entrepreneurs can use cognitive biases in a positive way and the influence of social networks.