대학생의 프로티언 경력태도와 진로적응성의 관계에서 진로준비행동의 매개효과

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze the mediating effects of career preparation behavior on relations between protean career attitudes and career adaptability in college students.
 Methods For this purpose, the investigator conducted a survey with 350 college students around the nation on September 2~8, 2022 to measure their protean career attitudes, career adaptability, and career preparation behavior. The data from 298 questionnaires were analyzed in descriptive statistics, reliability, correlation, and mediating effects.
 Results First, there were statistically positive correlations among the protean career attitudes, career preparation behavior, and career adaptability of college students. And second, overall career preparation behavior and its sub-variables including self-understanding, enhancement of occupational abilities, and inquiry into the occupational world had partial mediating effects on relations between protean career attitudes and career adaptability. Of the sub-variables, self-understanding behavior had high mediating effects. These findings demonstrate that college students with a protean career attitude know what they need to achieve what they desire for their future and make active preparations for their careers, thus making a successful adaptation in the occupational world.
 Conclusions The study demonstrated that protean career attitudes were a very important variable in college students taking the initiative in pioneering, preparing, and practicing their careers based on their values in the rapidly changing occupational world by analyzing the relations and mediating effects of protean career attitudes, career preparation behavior, and career adaptability, thus holding its significance.