Abstract
Objectives This study conducted analysis to examine longitudinal relationships among the negative self-concepts, career self-efficacy, and occupational values of young people experiencing school-to-work transition periods that affect job decisions and choices. Methods For this, an autoregressive cross-lagged model was utilized on data from the 8th (2014) to 12th (2018) Youth Panels of the Korea Employment Information Service, which provides representative statistics on the youth labor market and school life. Results The main results were as follows. First, negative self-concepts, career self-efficacy, and occupational values during the college period stably predicted those in the future during the working period and previous early working periods stably predicted working periods after two years. The autoregressive parameters of negative self-concepts and career self-efficacy appeared lower than those of occupational values, showing that the variability of negative self-concepts or career self-efficacy can be more dynamic than that of occupational values. Second, higher occupational values of previous points in time led to higher career self-efficacy and less negative self-concepts at later points in time, verifying that occupational values are an extremely important factor in the lives of young people experiencing school-to-work transition periods. Conclusions Based on these research results, verifications were made that education on occupational values must be conducted at sites of career education and further, this provided implications regarding the importance of career education program management, the roles of universities, and counseling intervention.
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