Career adaptability, sense of coherence and career self-efficacy of students at a residential university

• Main Author: Vos, Katherine Gail
• Other Authors: Van der Westhuizen, Sanet
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Career adaptability; Career adapt-abilities; Adaptability; Sense of coherence; Career self-efficacy; Career decision-making self efficacy; Career decision self-efficacy; Self-efficacy; Residential university students; Undergraduate university students; University studients
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26017

The aim of the dissertation was to examine the relationship between career adaptability, sense of coherence (SOC) and career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE), and whether there were any demographic differences, namely age, gender and race, between the constructs. The Career Adapt-ability Scale South Africa (CAAS-South Africa), Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ-13), Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form (CDSE-SF) and a demographical questionnaire were applied in a convenience sample comprising 317 undergraduate students at a residential university in South Africa. The results indicated a moderate positive relationship between career adaptability, and SOC, and a strong positive relationship between career adaptability and CDMSE. CDMSE predicted career adaptability with a variance of 43%. SOC did not emerge as a significant predictor of career adaptability. No gender differences were found. This study makes a valuable contribution to the existing literature and practice, showing that CDMSE and SOC can have an impact on the career adaptability of undergraduate students. === Industrial and Organisational Psychology === M. Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)