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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

How Can General Self-Efficacy Facilitate Undergraduates' Employability? A Multiple Mediation Model.

Jiajia Tan, Jinglin Li, Xinfa Yi

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Jiajia TanFaculty of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.
Jinglin LiKey Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Shaanxi Normal University, 199# South Chang'an Road, Xi'an 710062, China.
Xinfa YiKey Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Shaanxi Normal University, 199# South Chang'an Road, Xi'an 710062, China.

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2024 Annual Project of Shaanxi Province Foundation of Social Science; Key Project of National Social Science Foundation of China; the Key Project of Education and Teaching Reform of Higher Education of Shaanxi Provence of China; the Project of Education a (Grant No. 2024P006), (Grant No. 23&ZD238), (Grant No. 23ZZ020), (Grant No. GERP-24-27), (Grant No. GK24ZYZD001), (Grant No. 16QNGG014).
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Abstract

Self-efficacy is a key cognitive factor affecting undergraduates' employability, but existing studies have not sufficiently explored the underlying mechanisms of how self-efficacy influences employability, not to mention proposing a comprehensive model to clarify these pathways. Based on social cognitive career theory (SCCT), this study developed an empirical model to explore how achievement motivation and occupational aspiration mediate the relationship between general self-efficacy and employability. A survey was conducted with 454 undergraduates from five regional universities with industrial features in mainland China. The results showed that (1) there was a significant positive correlation between the four variables of general self-efficacy, achievement motivation, occupational aspiration and undergraduates' employability; (2) general self-efficacy had a significant positive effect on undergraduates' employability; and (3) general self-efficacy could affect undergraduates' employability through three indirect paths, namely, the independent mediation of achievement motivation, occupational aspiration and the chain mediation of achievement motivation and occupational aspiration. This study provides insights into how self-efficacy enhances employability, suggesting that educational interventions focusing on boosting students' self-efficacy and fostering achievement motivation and occupational aspiration are effective strategies for improving employability.

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achievement motivationgeneral self-efficacyoccupational aspirationundergraduates’ employability

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