THE IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL AND EMPLOYMENT ANXIETY ON CAREER DECISION AMONG FOURTH-YEAR STUDENTS IN CHINA

Abstract

This aims research are as follows: (1) to study the correlation between employment anxiety, psychological capital, and students' career decisions; (2) to study the influence of employment anxiety and psychological capital on students' career decisions. The data was collected through the questionnaire format. The questionnaire is divided into three parts: employment anxiety, psychological capital, and career decisions. The population were students from the School of Science and Technology at Hubei University of Automobile Technology. From more than 1000 students majoring in mechanical design, manufacturing, automation, and product design, Krejie and Morgan tables were used to determine the sample size, and 300 students were randomly sampled. The research results indicated that: (1) Employment anxiety (Pearson correlation coefficient=-0.069) did not correlate to student career decisions, while psychological capital (Pearson correlation coefficient=0.946) was related to student career decisions; (2) employment anxiety and career decisions (B=-0.010) were low impact, while psychological capital and career decision (B=0.946) had a greater impact. Students with high levels of employment anxiety have lower enthusiasm for career decisions, while students with high levels of psychological capital have higher enthusiasm for career decisions. The positive impact of psychological capital is significantly greater than employment anxiety.

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