A STUDY ON FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER ADAPTABILITY AMONG CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

In recent years, China's employment environment has changed, facing the dilemma of employment difficulties for high school students and mass unemployment among middle-aged people. In order to solve the above problems, the state has improved the career planning ability of young people by issuing policies and strengthening school education. However, compared with Western countries, the career planning education of Chinese teenagers is still in its infancy. This study uses personality, emotional intelligence, self-efficacy and social support as independent variables to explore the career adaptability level of high school students. Through questionnaire surveys on factors such as career adaptability, personality, emotional intelligence, self-efficacy and social support, the influence and relationship between the dependent variable and the four independent variables are comprehensively analyzed. A total of 304 questionnaires from high school students at Lanzhou New Oriental School were collected, and the results of the questionnaires were subjected to correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, and social support significantly predict career adaptability, with emotional intelligence demonstrating the strongest effect, followed by self-efficacy and social support. Personality traits, however, did not show a statistically significant influence.

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