TY - JOUR
T1 - Family Influence on Korean Students’ Career Decisions
T2 - A Social Cognitive Perspective
AU - Kim, Shin Ye
AU - Ahn, Taeyong
AU - Fouad, Nadya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - Family influence is a key factor in career development and considerably more so in some cultures than others. Assessing the extent to which family plays a role in college students’ career development within collectivistic cultures may thus significantly contribute to the extant literature by offering varying perspectives on the relationships between familial influence, career preparation satisfaction, and life satisfaction. The present study examined the cultural validity of the Family Influence Scale (FIS) through a sample of 420 South Korean college students. The FIS was then used in a test of family influence as the main distal contextual factor in the Social Cognitive Career Theory—Life Satisfaction Model. Overall, results supported the cultural validity of FIS and also the hypothesized model. Family informational support, family expectations, family financial support, career decision-making self-efficacy, expectancy of outcome, career preparation behavior, and career preparation satisfaction were each found to significantly relate to life satisfaction, accounting for 57% of the variance. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
AB - Family influence is a key factor in career development and considerably more so in some cultures than others. Assessing the extent to which family plays a role in college students’ career development within collectivistic cultures may thus significantly contribute to the extant literature by offering varying perspectives on the relationships between familial influence, career preparation satisfaction, and life satisfaction. The present study examined the cultural validity of the Family Influence Scale (FIS) through a sample of 420 South Korean college students. The FIS was then used in a test of family influence as the main distal contextual factor in the Social Cognitive Career Theory—Life Satisfaction Model. Overall, results supported the cultural validity of FIS and also the hypothesized model. Family informational support, family expectations, family financial support, career decision-making self-efficacy, expectancy of outcome, career preparation behavior, and career preparation satisfaction were each found to significantly relate to life satisfaction, accounting for 57% of the variance. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
KW - career decision-making self-efficacy
KW - career preparation satisfaction
KW - cultural validity
KW - family influence
KW - life satisfaction
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U2 - 10.1177/1069072715599403
DO - 10.1177/1069072715599403
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84978543416
SN - 1069-0727
VL - 24
SP - 513
EP - 526
JO - Journal of Career Assessment
JF - Journal of Career Assessment
IS - 3
ER -