Mediating Effect of Commitment to a Career Choice in the Relation between Career Preparation Behavior and Career Decision Level among University Students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of self-leadership on the relationship between career decision level and career preparation behavior of nursing students. Methods: The subjects were 179 nursing college students using questionnaires with a total of 63 items including general characteristics (11 items), career decision level (18 items), career preparation (16 items), and self-leadership (18 items) respectively. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS Statistics 23 using the mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA (Scheffe test), Pearson's correlation coefficient, multiple regression analysis and Sobel test. Results: The mean score of career decision level was 2.79 ± 0.45, career preparation behavior was 2.59 ± 0.48, and self-leadership was 3.75 ± 0.45. Career preparation behaviors were positively correlated with career decision level (r = 0.40, p < 0.001) and self-leadership (r = 0.32, p < 0.001). The level of career decision was positively correlated with self-leadership (r = 0.28, p < 0.001). The higher the career decision level and the self-leadership, the better the career preparation behavior. The higher the self-leadership, the higher the career decision level. Sobel test showed that the mediating effect of self-leadership was significant (z = 2.32, p < 0.001). Conclusions: A variety of educational programs should be attempted in various ways to improve self-leadership in order to drive career preparedness.

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Analysis on Students’ Career Preparation in One Korean Medical School: Based on the Relationship and Trend Between Career Maturity and Specialty Indecision

Lee

2022

J Korean Med Sci

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Background For medical school students, specialty choice after graduation significantly impacts their future doctor life. Several Korean medical schools have made efforts to prepare career development programs. However, career support programs based on the systematic analysis of medical school students’ first to the final year are still lacking. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the students’ career preparation of one medical school in Korea using the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) and Specialty Indecision Scale (SIS) and to explore the relationship between CMI and SIS variables. Methods From December 2020 to July 2021, we conducted an online survey of 600 students in years 1 to 4 at Seoul National University College of Medicine. We analyzed the differences between the years of the students through one-way analysis of variance of the CMI and SIS and the relationship between the two instruments by correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. Results A total of 198 students completed the survey. The average scores of the CMI variables tended to increase as the year of study went up, and the confidence score of the 1st year students was significantly lower than that of the 2nd and 4th year students. Although there was almost no consistent decrease by year in the SIS variables, 3rd and 4th year students showed significantly lower readiness scores than 1st year students. Additionally, we found that the CMI variables mostly had a negative effect on the SIS variables. Conclusion There is an increasing tendency for career maturity by year of study in Korean medical school students. However, looking at the SIS results, the career concerns vary among the students. Therefore, medical schools can effectively use the SIS to identify the career concerns of students.

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Mediating Effect of Commitment to a Career Choice in the Relation between Career Preparation Behavior and Career Decision Level among University Students

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Career Preparation Behavior, Career Decision Level, and Career Satisfaction of Korean College Students

Career Preparation Behavior, Career Decision Level, and Career Satisfaction of Korean College Students

The Mediating Effect of Self-leadership in the Relationship between Career Decision Level and Career Preparation Behavior of Nursing Students

Analysis on Students’ Career Preparation in One Korean Medical School: Based on the Relationship and Trend Between Career Maturity and Specialty Indecision

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