Examining the Mediating Effect of Self-efficacy on the Relationship between Work Experience, ICT Acceptance and Employability among Undergraduate Students in Nigerian Universities.

PurposeThis study investigates the relationship between perceived supervisor support (PSS) and learner career curiosity and tests the mediating role of sense of belonging, engagement and learning self-efficacy.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used a three-wave repeated cross-sectional data collected from 509 final-year undergraduate students of 11 Nigerian public universities, who had completed the compulsory work placement to analyze the influence of PSS on learner’s career curiosity via a parallel mediation involving sense of belonging, engagement (behavioural, emotional and cognitive) and self-efficacy.FindingsThe results show that engagement mediates the path through which PSS influences career curiosity. However, the authors found no evidence that sense of belonging and self-efficacy mediated the relationship between PSS and learner’s career curiosity in this population.Originality/valueThe findings of this study highlight the importance of PSS as a resource that influences learner’s career curiosity, particularly during a work placement.

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Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurship Intentional Self-Regulation among Undergraduate Students

Journal of Economics Business and Accountancy Ventura ◽

10.14414/jebav.v23i2.2239 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Cynthia Elitha ◽

Debora Eflina Purba

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Intentional Self Regulation ◽

The Relationship

Prior studies have explored the correlation between students’ Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention, where several studies found a strong relationship between them, while others suggested moderate even weak correlation on it. This research aims to explore the mediating effect of Entrepreneurship Intentional Self-Regulation (EISR) on the relationship between Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (ESE) and Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) among undergraduate students in Indonesia. There is a need to explain this concept considering that the emergence of entrepreneurs is one of the government’s priorities in Indonesia. Data were collected from 299 undergraduate students on their final year of studies from eight universities which provide entrepreneurship education in Jakarta and Bandung. Hayes’s PROCESS Macro in SPSS was used to analyse the effect and showed that Entrepreneurship Intentional Self-Regulation (EISR) was fully mediated the relationship between Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention among undergraduate students in Indonesia.

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The Mediating Effect of Sports Attitude on the Relationship Between Physical self-efficacy and Life Satisfaction in Undergraduate Students

Korean Journal of Youth Studies ◽

10.21509/kjys.2018.01.25.1.257 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 257-283

Author(s):

Kyung Hun Han ◽

Kyung Ji Moon ◽

Soo Rim Noh

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

The Relationship

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The Effect of Academic Achievement and Career Decision Self-Efficacy on Postgraduate Study Intentions among Undergraduate Students

Journal of Higher Education and Science ◽

10.5961/jhes.2021.423 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

ilhan ilter

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Postgraduate Education ◽

Career Decision ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Postgraduate Studies ◽

The Relationship

This study aimed to examine the mediation role of career decision self-efficacy in the relationship between academic achievement and postgraduate (PG) study intentions among undergraduate students. The study was conducted with 315 students who enrolled in fourth-grade in different programs in the education faculty of a university in Turkey. Data were collected by using the “Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale” and “Postgraduate Education Intention Scale”. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was used in the analysis of the data and structural equation modeling was used to test the mediating effect of the hypothesized model. Results showed that academic achievement and career decision self-efficacy directly predicted PG study intentions of students. Academic achievement positively predicted career decision self-efficacy. Results of SEM indicate d that career decision self-efficacy has a partial mediation role in the relationship between academic achievement and PG study intentions. As a result, it was concluded that as the academic achievement of current undergraduate students increases, their career decision self-efficacy also increases; thus their intentions to pursue PG study increases. Universities should collect information about the career potential of undergraduate students, make plans and put these plans into action by the creation of mentoring centers for the provision of postgraduate education can be an important step for part in postgraduate studies.

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