Author(s)

Xiaoe Huang ¹, Wei Hui Suan ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Department of Education, City University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Corresponding Author

Xiaoe Huang

ABSTRACT

The correctness of college students' career decisions is closely linked to their future career development and influences their career and employment behavior. This study builds a conceptual framework based on relevant vocational theories, such as social cognition, focusing on three dimensions: vocational identity, career decision self-efficacy, and career decision. A new concept of career decision-making is proposed. The research employs a simple random stratified sampling method to calculate a sample size of 380 from a defined population of 36,927 individuals. Structural equation modeling using AMOS 24.0 validates the model, revealing that vocational identity significantly and positively influences career choice behavior, with career decision self-efficacy acting as a mediator between the two. The analysis of the research results suggests that vocational colleges should continuously improve their education and internship systems, enhance students' vocational identity, and empower them to face career choices and decisions with greater determination and confidence.

KEYWORDS

Career decision-making, vocational identity, career decision self-efficacy, vocational college students, internship

CITE THIS PAPER

Xiaoe Huang, Wei Hui Suan, The Influence of Vocational Identity on Career Decision-Making during Internship among Vocational College Students: The Mediating Role of Career Decision Self-Efficacy. Advances in Vocational and Technical Education (2023) Vol. 5: 89-93. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/avte.2023.050914.

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