Zhong Haiyan, Xu Jingbo
School of Marxism, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2023 Jun 27;16:2327-2339. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S418017. eCollection 2023.
The transition from school to work is an important stage in the career development of university students, and precarious employment during this period can significantly impact their early career success. In today's unstable employment environment, this study examines how employment instability during the transition from school to work directly and indirectly affects college students' subjective career success. This contributes to a thorough understanding of this transitional period and provides university students with the necessary resources to cope with a smooth transition from school to work.
We recruited senior students at five universities in Harbin, China, from May to July 2022. After obtaining participants' consent, questionnaires were distributed via social media, resulting in 967 valid questionnaires. Based on this sample, we examined the chain mediating effect of financial stress and occupational self-efficacy in the association between precarious employment and career success and the moderating effect of employability.
The study found that precarious employment hurts career success and can also affect career success by increasing financial stress and decreasing occupational self-efficacy among college students. At the same time, financial stress can also decrease students' self-efficacy. Finally, employability can reduce the adverse effects of precarious employment on career success and occupational self-efficacy.
The link between employment instability and subjective career success during the transition from school to work has been demonstrated for university students. Employment instability not only increases college students' financial stress but also reduces career self-efficacy, which in turn affects college students' perceptions of early subjective career success. Importantly, employability plays a positive role in the smooth school-to-work transition and subjective career success of university students.
从学校到工作的过渡是大学生职业发展中的一个重要阶段，在此期间的不稳定就业会显著影响他们早期的职业成功。在当今不稳定的就业环境下，本研究探讨从学校到工作过渡期间的就业不稳定如何直接和间接地影响大学生的主观职业成功。这有助于深入了解这一过渡阶段，并为大学生提供必要的资源，以应对从学校到工作的顺利过渡。
我们于2022年5月至7月在中国哈尔滨的五所大学招募了大四学生。在获得参与者同意后，通过社交媒体发放问卷，共获得967份有效问卷。基于该样本，我们考察了经济压力和职业自我效能感在不稳定就业与职业成功之间关联中的链式中介作用以及就业能力的调节作用。
研究发现，不稳定就业会损害职业成功，还会通过增加大学生的经济压力和降低职业自我效能感来影响职业成功。同时，经济压力也会降低学生的自我效能感。最后，就业能力可以减少不稳定就业对职业成功和职业自我效能感的不利影响。
已证明大学生从学校到工作过渡期间就业不稳定与主观职业成功之间存在联系。就业不稳定不仅会增加大学生的经济压力，还会降低职业自我效能感，进而影响大学生对早期主观职业成功的认知。重要的是，就业能力在大学生从学校到工作的顺利过渡和主观职业成功中发挥着积极作用。
