Factors Affecting Career Preparation Behaviors among College Students ^

Abstract

This study identifies thefactors affecting college students' career preparation behavior, and prepares the basic data for interventions and strategies that can improve career preparation behavior through college students' grit, social support, and school support.The data collection for this study was for 184 college students living in C and G-province. The collected data was analyzed using IBM SPSS WIN/25.0. Frequency, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and one-way ANOVA test results were analyzed, and Scheffe's test was performed. The correlation between each variable was analyzed using Pearson's Correlation.The factors that affected career preparation behavior were analyzed with multiple regression.We have shown that there was a positive correlation between grit, social support, school support, and career preparation behaviors in this study. The most influential factors that affect career preparation behaviors were school support, grit, and department adaptation ‘Adapting well’ in order. The explanation ability was 45.9%.In order to improve career preparation behavior, it is necessary to provide practical college support to have the college students experience the job world directly or indirectly, rather than simply presenting career information. Therefore, in order to promote career preparation behaviors among college students, it is necessary to provide social support in school environments, and it is also helpful to enhance the grit.