Factors Influencing Aviation Services Students’ Happiness Toward Career Guidance Course in Hainan, China
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Purpose: The study examines the factors influencing aviation service students' happiness toward career guidance courses in universities in Hainan, China. The conceptual framework proposed a causal relationship among academic satisfaction, career decision-making self-efficacy, career success criteria clarity, future time perspective, proactive personality, and happiness. Research design, data, and methodology: The questionnaire was used to collect 500 participants who are college students majoring in aviation service from Hainan Province who have participated in vocational guidance courses in aviation. Purpose, convenience, and stratified sampling were adopted as sampling techniques. Before distributing the questionnaire, Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) and a pilot test of Cronbach's Alpha were adopted to test the content validity and reliability. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used to verify its fit and determine the causal relationship between variables. Proactive personality has a significant influence on career success criteria clarity. Furthermore, career decision-making self-efficacy has a significant influence on happiness. Results: Academic satisfaction, future time perspective, and career success criteria significantly influence career decision-making self-efficacy. Conclusions: A positive outlook on the future is to put in the time and effort required to take courses, engage in more hands-on activities, enhance involvement, and achieve success to develop and strengthen the requisite career decision-making self-efficacy.
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