MZ세대의 직업 가치관과 대학 생활 만족도의 관계

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to empirically examine the structural relationship between job values, career planning, and college life satisfaction among the MZ generation.
 Methods Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using R was used in this study to analyze the structural relationship between job values, career planning, and college life satisfaction using data from the 14th (2020) of the Youth Panel (YP) survey.
 Results The study found that career planning among the MZ generation partially mediates the relationship between their job values and university life satisfaction. Students' intrinsic job values have a direct impact on their university life satisfaction, and this impact is particularly high through career planning. Higher perceived intrinsic job values positively influence career planning, which in turn, has a positive effect on university life satisfaction.
 Conclusions Based on the research findings, the following suggestions are proposed for university innovation. First, a reassessment of career education programs at universities is necessary, as well as the development of systematic programs. Career education should go beyond simple understanding and information about the job world and consider how to induce self-goal setting and higher intellectual pursuit. Second, as part of policies to increase student satisfaction, there is a need to include changes and improvements in the perception of careers. In particular, in improving university education, detailed learner analysis that can reflect inherent values in addition to the latest trends in each field of study should precede. Third, it is necessary to establish career competence enhancement programs that can foster students' inherent occupational values and a system that can visibly link these programs to university life achievements.