Difference and Impact of University Students' Personal Characteristics on Self-Leadership, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, Career Preparation Behavior, and Employability

Lee, Jong-Chan; Hong, Ahjeong

doi:10.18211/kjhrdq.2013.15.3.009

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“…But it is not easy to be career women or men due to the lack of opportunities to get a job in South Korea (hereafter, Korea). University students have difficulties in planning their career paths and preparing for employment (Lee & Hong, 2013). Korean undergraduates have to earn high GPA at their majors and to learn foreign languages in private educational institutes, sometimes they have to acquire information technology-related certifications to improve their employability, but company HR personnels consider another.…”

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The Effect of Self-Directedness in Learing on Employment Readiness of Undergraduates in South Korea

Kim¹,

Kim²

2018

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The purpose of this study is to analyze whether self-directedness in learning has positive effects on employment readiness of undergraduates. The subject of this study has little precedent research and we generated a research model. This study shows the following results: First, intrinsic motivation factor of self-directedness in learning has a positive effect on employment readiness directly. Task-solving abilities in self-directedness in learning indirectly have positive effects on employment readiness through the mediating effect of intrinsic motivation. Second, the higher the achievment orientation undergraduates have, the more negatively affected the employment readiness of undergraduates is. It means that higher achievement orientation may encourage them to explore new career paths such as graduate school or youth startup not normal employment of companies. Third, this study has the following significance: We set up and proved the relationship between subordinate variables in self-directedness in learning of undergraduates and subordinate varibles in employment readiness. We proved that the intrinsic motivation of self-directedness in learning is the most important factor to have a positive effect on the employment readiness of undergraduates.

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