성인전담대학 성인학습자의 개인특성과 대학선택요인, 사회적 지지가 대학몰입 및 추천 의도에 미치는 영향 연구

Abstract

This study surveyed 233 first-time graduates from 9 adult-only colleges in South Korea.
 As a result of the study, first, it was found that the younger the age of adult learners of lifelong education in the university, the more positive the attitude toward concentrating in the university to which they belong. Second, educational selection factors had a positive effect on university immersion in the order of educational quality and social reputation.
 Third, social support has been demonstrated as a factor that has a positive effect on university immersion. Fourth, this study tried to examine the mediating effect of Institutional Commitment between college selection factors and intention to recommend others. Among the four college selection factors, educational quality and social reputation showed a partial mediating effect.
 It is worth noting that the two factors, financial accessibility and occupational factors, showed a complete mediating effect, in which college immersion plays a mediating role.
 Fifth, it was found that social support influenced the recommendation intention of others through university immersion. This study examines the factors that should be considered to promote adult learners' Institutional Commitment and academic performance in the future lifelong education-related operation of universities and provides implications for designing and operating strategies for universities that seek to improve the adult-friendly constitution.
 In particular, it has significance in that it expanded the basis of the study in that it revealed more in-depth that Institutional Commitment is a variable that plays an important role.