scholarly journals Evaluation of a Blended Career Education Course during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Career Awareness

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3471
Author(s):  
Sam S. S. Lau ◽  
Kelvin Wan ◽  
Martin Tsui
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Chinese Sample ◽  
Career Course

Higher education has increasingly emphasized the importance of employability traits in order to personalize students’ learning needs and meet dynamic workplace demands. Previous research addressing the personalized learning on career education in blended learning model is limited. The present study aims to examine whether students with distinctive stable personality traits would improve their career adaptability and adaptation results after attending a synchronous career course during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 162 participants completed the questionnaires at both the first and last sessions of the course in spring 2020. Findings revealed that the course positively improved students’ identity formation. Personality traits demonstrated significant main effects on the middle identity formation stage and career adaptability. This study highlights traits such as emotional stability and possible cultural effects on the career development course in the young Chinese sample population. The implication of specific attributes and cultural backgrounds in career development courses is discussed.

A Crisis in Career Development: Life Designing and Implications for Transition

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Wehmeyer ◽  
Laura Nota ◽  
Salvatore Soresi ◽  
Karrie A. Shogren ◽  
Mary E. Morningstar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Transition Services ◽  
Work Study ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Life Design

The field of transition—and the Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT)—was built upon a foundation established by theories of career development that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s and paved the way for the work/study movement of the 1960s and the vocational and career education for students with disabilities movement that dominated the 1970s and, eventually, the transition services movement. Today’s leaders in vocational psychology and career guidance suggest that market and global economic forces associated with a postmodern world have created a crisis in career development models and methods. This article discusses the evolution of how career development has been understood, and the potential importance of a life design framework and its emphasis on career construction, rather than career development, for the future of transition services.

A Study on Career Education Experience and Core Competency for Career Development of College Students in Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Misug Jin ◽  
Kangjoo Lee ◽  
Sanga Lee ◽  
Haryeong Kim
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Core Competency ◽  
Education Experience

10.52616/JCCER.2017.2.1.1 https://scholar.dkyobobook.co.kr/searchExtDetail.laf?barcode=4050025730893&vendorGb=05&academyCd=20476

Personal Growth and Well-Being at Work: Contributions of Vocational Psychology

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan J. Dik ◽  
William F. O’Connor ◽  
Adelyn B. Shimizu ◽  
Ryan D. Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vocational Psychology ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
The Impact

Positive psychology’s focus on human strengths, personal growth, and well-being is frequently applied to career development and the workplace. Such applications also fall within the purview of vocational psychology, yet despite its clear historic and contemporary emphases that support positive psychology goals, the impact of vocational psychology theory, research, and practice on positive psychology has fallen short of its potential. We encourage greater cross-fertilization by explicating how major theoretical paradigms within vocational psychology (person–environment fit, developmental/relational/constructivist perspectives, and social–cognitive career theory) support positive psychology aims. We also summarize recent work on three vocational psychology constructs (work volition, career adaptability, and a sense of calling) that may help to broaden and advance positive psychology’s applications to career development and work behavior. Finally, we discuss future directions for ongoing research related to the vocational and positive psychology intersection, and we outline several implications for career counseling practice.

Career adaptability of South Korean engineering students

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 469-488
Author(s):  
Sunyoung Park ◽  
Su Yeong Park
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the role of mastery goal orientation, support for career development, career decision-making self-efficacy and engineering interest in career adaptability for engineering students. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 307 Korean engineering students from two universities. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze data and examine the relationships among the variables. Findings The results indicated that the level of mastery of goal orientation and support for career development significantly affected career decision-making self-efficacy. Engineering students’ career decision-making self-efficacy also positively influenced their engineering interests and career adaptability. Finally, the students’ engineering interest positively affected their career adaptability. Originality/value This study demonstrated that important factors for career planning and development need to be successively considered during the career choice process by linking it to career decision-making self-efficacy, engineering interest and career adaptability (career choice action), in consecutive order.

Assertiveness and Personality Dimensions in Chinese Students

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Nicholas Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Chinese Sample

In a Chinese sample of 208 the Big Five personality traits profile was compared for 104 assertive and 104 nonassertive students. While assertiveness was associated with higher scores on Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness, Nonassertiveness was associated with greater scores on Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. Implications of the findings for cross-cultural counselling were highlighted.

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