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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026

University Organizational Support and Engineering Identity Among Engineering Postgraduates: The Sequential Mediating Role of Major Satisfaction and Engineering Belonging.

Weiwei Li, Jinfeng Lu, Liangyu Cao, Min Xiao

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Weiwei LiFaculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.ORCID 0009-0003-7104-4641
Jinfeng LuSchool of Education Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.
Liangyu CaoShaanxi Research Center for Academic Degrees and Graduate Education, Graduate School, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
Min XiaoShaanxi Research Center for Academic Degrees and Graduate Education, Graduate School, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.

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The study was supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China XIA240334
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Abstract

Strengthening engineering identity among engineering postgraduates is essential to the sustainable development of the nation's engineering talent teams. This subject has emerged as a major focus of international research on engineering education in recent years. A mediation model based on questionnaire data from 939 Chinese engineering postgraduates is employed to examine the relationship between university organizational support and engineering identity through the potential sequential mediators of major satisfaction and engineering belonging. The findings indicate that university organizational support is significantly correlated with engineering identity among postgraduates. University organizational support is statistically associated with engineering identity through independent and sequential mediation paths involving major satisfaction and engineering belonging. The results suggest that higher levels of university organizational support are positively correlated with greater major satisfaction and engineering belonging among engineering postgraduates, and these factors together are linked to stronger engineering identity.

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engineering belongingengineering identityengineering postgraduatesmajor satisfactionuniversity organizational support

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PMCPMC12938706

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