ERIC Number: EJ1064488
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Aug
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0894-8453
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Hardiness, Perceived Employability, and Career Decision Self-Efficacy among Taiwanese College Students
Huang, Jie-Tsuen
Journal of Career Development, v42 n4 p311-324 Aug 2015
Past empirical evidence has demonstrated that personality traits predict career decision self-efficacy. This study extends previous research by proposing and testing a model that examines the mediating roles of perceived internal and external employability on the relationship between personality hardiness and career decision self-efficacy. Using survey data collected from a sample of 220 college students in Taiwan, a hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted to test the hypotheses. The results showed that perceived internal employability partially mediated the relationship between hardiness and career decision self-efficacy, but perceived external employability did not. Implications for career counseling and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Career Choice, Self Efficacy, Correlation, Personality Traits, Decision Making, Career Counseling, College Students, Surveys, Student Attitudes, Hypothesis Testing, Measures (Individuals), Resilience (Psychology), Majors (Students), Business Administration Education, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis, Goodness of Fit, Prediction, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Career Decision Making Self Efficacy Scale
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