ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
From values to choices: the mediating role of career adaptability of university engineering students.
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- The association between academic major identity and career decision-making difficulty among Chinese college students: a sequential indirect association model of psychological capital and career adaptability.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between career adaptability, job search self-efficacy, and EFL college students' employment anxiety: the perspective of proactive personality.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- How peer support and pressure shape career indecision: the mediating role of career calling and the buffering role of internalized prosocial values.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Career choice is a complex and consequential process for university students, and it shapes their long-term career trajectories. This study examines the impact of career values on university engineering students' career choices and investigates the mediating role of career adaptability in this process. Methods: Through semi-structured qualitative interviews with eleven university students, the findings identify two clusters of career values: intrinsic career readiness (e.g., foundational mindsets, professional knowledge as a career pillar), and extrinsic career aspirations (e.g., pursuing leadership, career achievement). Results: These values map onto four key career choice considerations: personal growth opportunities, identity construction, work compensation, and life pursuit. Career adaptability, comprising concern, control, curiosity, and confidence, emerged as a psychological mechanism that enables students to translate career values into informed and strategic career decisions. It helps them manage career uncertainties, pursue self-directed goals, and align their choices with both personal meaning and external demands. Discussion: By highlighting this value-adaptability-choice pathway, this study contributes to career construction theory and extends the social cognitive career theory (SCCT), particularly in the context of collectivist cultures. It also offers practical insights for educators and career advisors aiming to design interventions that foster value clarification and adaptability development among undergraduate engineering students.
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