This paper was presented at OECD Disrupted Futures 2021, Day 3, Session 3B.
Title:
The Effects of Students’ Career Readiness and Self-conception on Outcomes in the Labor Market
Presenters:
Dr HwaChoon PARK, Dr Hangu Ryu, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training
Abstract:
This study aims to examine Korean students’ career readiness and self-conception on achievements later in the labor market. The 4th and 12th surveys of Korean Education Longitudinal Study 2005 (KELS2005) were used as a data set, which the Korea Educational Development Institute (KEDI) annually conducts to investigate the growth and development of students aged from 15 to 28 and to promote educational policies. Out of the KELS 2005 participants, the third-year middle school students were selected for this study. For career readiness, career certainty, career ambition, career alignment, school attitude, occupational preparation, school-mediated work exploration, part-time employment, and volunteering were set as predicting variables. For self-concept, social, family, physical, and academic efficacies were measured. For achievements in the labor market, NEET, full-time job earning, and adults’ cognitive competencies (e.g., self-directed learning and problem-solving skills) were selected as outcome variables. Industry classification, firm size, and labor time were controlled. Data were analyzed employing descriptive statistics and the logistic regression model. Participants’ gender, parents’ SES, middle school scores, school location, and the high school track were treated as background variables. The findings revealed that more than 80% of students showed career certainty when they were in the 3rd year of middle school; that motivation for a better job, having career ambition, and school-mediated work exploration had positive effects on preventing students from falling into NEET; that career ambition, career alignment, and advice from relatives increased full-time job earnings; and that career certainty, career ambition, career alignment, school satisfaction, career conversation satisfaction, job site visit, and volunteering attitude had positively influenced on adults’ cognitive competencies. Different results of the finding by gender, further studies, and implications are discussed in detail.
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