From the three-dimensional perspective of college students’ school, family and themselves, exploring the mechanism of proactive personality on career exploration
摘要
This study examines career exploration formation and helps college students develop careers using the social cognitive career theory from personality, family, and university. A multistage investigation of 980 college students from 16 universities in China discovered that: (1) proactive personality positively affects career exploration; (2) college students’ self-efficacy mediates this effect; (3) teacher support and parental support strengthen the effect between self-efficacy and career exploration; and (4) both teacher and parental support strengthen the indirect influence of proactive personality on career exploration through self-efficacy. Our findings highlight the predictive mechanisms and boundary conditions of career exploration and provide practical guidance for college students’ career construction.