Research on the Influence of Occupational Value View on Career Decision-making Through the Mediating Path of a Sense of Self-Efficacy

Abstract

This study aims to explore the relationship among occupational value view, sense of self-efficacy, and career decision-making of university college graduates in the context of job hunting and employment. The research object is 498 graduates from six colleges and universities in Shaanxi Province, China, including A, B, C, D, E, and F. Data analysis is conducted using independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA analysis, path analysis, and structural equation model test. The results show that there is no significant difference between genders in the occupational value view, but there is significant difference in sense of self-efficacy and career decision-making; The only child has no significant difference in occupational value view, but has significant difference in sense of self-efficacy and career decision-making; family income has no significant difference in the graduates' occupational value view, but has significant difference in sense of self-efficacy and career decision-making; there is no significant difference in the graduates' occupational value view, sense of self-efficacy and career decision-making at different school levels; the occupational value view have a positive and significant impact on sense of self-efficacy and career decision-making; a sense of self-efficacy has a positive and significant impact on career decision-making; the sense of self-efficacy plays a partial intermediary role in the relationship between occupational value view and career decision-making.