Structural Equation Modeling in Regards to Learning Motivation, Core Competency, Meta-Cognition, Career Decision-Making Self-efficacy and Career Preparation Behavior among Undergraduate Students

In constructivist approaches to research on career adaptability it has been conceptualized that the development of one’s career is formed from the interplay between the individual and the environment. In this study we utilized structural equation modeling analysis of longitudinal data obtained from 145 Chinese undergraduate students to examine the effects of social support and career decision-making self-efficacy on career adaptability. Our results provided important evidence regarding the effects of career decision-making self-efficacy, which functions as a significant mediator of the effects of social support on career adaptability. We provide integrative conclusions for explaining the relationships between the environment, the individual, and the individual’s career outcome, and have enriched constructivist theories of careers, providing implications for counseling and practice.

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Relationship of Academic Performance and Academic Self-Concept with Career Decision-Making among UPM Undergraduate Students

Asian Journal of University Education ◽

10.24191/ajue.v17i2.13403 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 50

Author(s):

Siti Nadhirah Mohd Zaini ◽

Ahmad Aizuddin Md Rami ◽

Nurazidawati Mohamad Arsad ◽

Mohd Ashraff Mohd Anuar

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Career Paths ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Career Decision ◽

Self Concept ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Career Decision Making ◽

Grade Point

Abstract: Choosing the right career paths relevant to their future is probably one of the most challenging decisions confronting the majority of adolescents. Hence, recognition of the factors affecting students’ career decisions is more important than ever. This study aimed to investigate the effects of academic performance and academic self-concept in relation to career decision-making among UPM undergraduate students. A quantitative research design using a questionnaire was utilised. The questionnaire, one touching on academic self-concept and the other on career decision-making, was disseminated to the respondents via emails and through social network services in the form of Google Forms. For data on academic performance, the researcher based it on the students’ current Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) results. The Multi-stage cluster sampling method was employed to a total of 171 final-year undergraduates from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The data were analysed using SmartPLS 3. The result of partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) revealed that the students’ academic self-concept directly and significantly affects their career decision-making. However, there is no direct relationship between academic performance and career decision-making. This study found that developing students’ academic self-concept can assist them to decide on their career paths. Keywords: Academic achievement, Academic self-concept, Career choice, Higher education

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Occupational/Career Decision-Making Thought Processes of Adolescents of High Intellectual Ability

journal for the education of the gifted ◽

10.1177/0162353217690040 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 50-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Jae Yup Jung

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Career Decision ◽

Intellectual Ability ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Thought Processes ◽

Career Decision Making ◽

Intellectually Gifted ◽

Competing Models ◽

Gifted Adolescents

Three competing models of the career decision-making thought processes of adolescents of high intellectual ability were tested in this study. Survey data were collected from 664 intellectually gifted Australian adolescents and analyzed using structural equation modeling procedures. The finally accepted, optimal model suggested that, regardless of cultural orientation, highly able adolescents may place importance on whether a future career will be interesting or enjoyable, which is a probable predictor of their attitudes toward careers and their eventual intentions to pursue particular careers. In addition, the model indicated that those careers considered interesting or enjoyable by intellectually gifted adolescents may also be intellectually stimulating.

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Do Clients' Problem-Solving Appraisals Predict Career Counseling Outcomes or Vice Versa? A Reanalysis of Heppner, et al.

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.105.f.1159-1166 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 105 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1159-1166

Author(s):

Dong-Gwi Lee ◽

Hyun-Joo Park ◽

Mary J. Heppner

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Career Counseling ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Career Decision ◽

The United States ◽

Vocational Identity ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Career Decision Making ◽

Counseling Clients

Using Heppner, et al.'s data from 2004, this study tested career counseling clients in the United States on problem-solving appraisal scores and career-related variables. A cross-lagged panel design with structural equation modeling was used. Results supported the link between clients' precounseling problem-solving appraisal scores and career outcome. This finding held for career decision-making, but not for vocational identity. The study provided further support for Heppner, et al.'s findings, highlighting the influential role of clients' problem-solving appraisals in advancing their career decision-making processes.

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