Occupational Engagement and Academic Major Satisfaction: Vocational Identity's Mediating Role

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Cox ◽  
Abby L. Bjornsen ◽  
Thomas S. Krieshok ◽  
Yan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Major ◽  
Occupational Engagement ◽  
Major Satisfaction ◽  
Mediating Role

scholarly journals Work Value Orientation and TVET Students’ Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy: The Mediating Role of Academic Major Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azlin Kamaruddin ◽  
Roziah Mohd Rasdi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Value Orientation ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Major Satisfaction ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Work Value ◽  
The Relationship

Graduates should know how technical and vocational education and training (TVET) can increase their employability and set them on a path to a professional career. However, graduate underemployment continues to be a severe and rising issue in many countries due to graduates’ lack of readiness to make a future career decision. The present study assessed the influence of work value orientation on Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy (CDMSE) and the mediating role of Academic Major Satisfaction (AMS) on the relationship between work value orientation and CDMSE of TVET students. A cross-sectional survey design was employed, involving 223 full-time Malaysian Skills Certificate (MSC) students who were randomly selected from TVET public institutions in Selangor, Malaysia. This study found that work value orientation was positively correlated with CDMSE. Extrinsic work values have more impact than intrinsic values in serving as precursors to students’ career decision-making. Besides, AMS satisfaction mediated the relationship between work value orientation and CDMSE.

Insight, academic major satisfaction and life satisfaction among college students majoring in education: Implications for career counselling

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-218
Author(s):  
Elif Cimsir
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Guidance Services ◽  
Major Satisfaction ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
University Settings

AbstractTheoretical explanations suggest that insight might increase life satisfaction by helping individuals choose a suitable academic major, indicating that insight might facilitate life satisfaction through academic major satisfaction. The current study thus investigates the mediating role of academic major satisfaction in the potential relationship between insight and life satisfaction. The data collected from a sample of 206 undergraduate students majoring in education degree programs confirm that the relationship between insight and life satisfaction is fully mediated by academic major satisfaction, with a model explaining 23% of the total variance in life satisfaction. The findings have important implications for the design and implementation of career counselling and guidance services provided within high school and university settings, particularly in countries such as Turkey where career counselling services need improvement.

Fostering Academic Major Satisfaction, Career Curiosity, and Job Search Behaviors Among Electrical/Electronic Technology Education Undergraduates

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 495-508
Author(s):  
Samson Onyeluka Chukwuedo ◽  
Chinyere Theresa Ogbuanya
Keyword(s):  
Technology Education ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Electronic Technology ◽  
Career Training ◽  
Major Satisfaction ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Search Behaviors ◽  
Social Cognitive Career

This study investigates the effect of practical skills-based career training intervention in electrical/electronic works on graduating students’ academic major satisfaction, career curiosity, and self-defeating job search behaviors (SDJSBs). We employed the quasi-experimental design, with a three-wave longitudinal survey. The participants were 101 electrical/electronic technology education undergraduates from two publicly owned universities in Nigeria. Our intervention procedures were guided by the tenets of social cognitive career theory and the theory of planned behavior. The findings revealed significant positive increase in the students’ satisfaction with their academic major, and career curiosity, as well as significant decrease in SDJSBs (viz., procrastination, impulsiveness, and failure to network). We also found mediating effects of learning self-efficacy and perseverance of effort on academic major satisfaction, career curiosity, and SDJSBs.

Academic Major Satisfaction Scale--Korean Version

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Sovet ◽  
Miriam Sang-Ah Park ◽  
Sungcheol Jung
Keyword(s):  
Academic Major ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Major Satisfaction ◽  
Korean Version
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