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Career decision self-efficacy and life satisfaction in China: An empirical analysis
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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Zhou JiangZhou Jiang, X Hu, Z Wang, X JiangFocusing on the Chinese context, the present study took a pioneering step toexamine the relationship between career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) and life satisfaction. Employing a three-dimensional CDSE model, which includes goal planning self efficacy (GPSE), information gathering self-efficacy (IGSE) and problem solving self efficacy(PSSE), we also explored the mediation mechanism underlying this relationship from the internal functioning process of CDSE (i.e., the GPSE–PSSE–life satisfaction and IGSE–PSSE–life satisfaction relationships). We then investigated the moderating role of person–environment (P–E) fit in the mediated CDSE–life satisfaction relationship. Data were collected from 786 university students. Results showed that all three dimensions of CDSE were positively related to life satisfaction. The internal process view was supported, for PSSE was found to mediate the relationships of life satisfaction with GPSE and IGSE, respectively. Additionally, P–E fit moderated the relationship between PSSE and life satisfaction. Further examinations also found a significant moderating role of P–E fit in the indirect relationships of life satisfaction with GPSE and IGSE via PSSE.
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Volume
132Issue
1Start Page
137End Page
154Number of Pages
18eISSN
1573-0921ISSN
0303-8300Location
NetherlandsPublisher
Springer VerlagPublisher DOI
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Language
en-ausPeer Reviewed
- Yes
Open Access
- No
External Author Affiliations
Griffith University; James Cook University; School of Business and Law (2013- ); TBA Research Institute; University of Western Australia; Yanbian da xue;Era Eligible
- Yes