Future orientation and perceived employability of chinese undergraduates: a moderated mediation model

Hao Chen; Yunhong Wu; Lin Jiang; Binfeng Xu; Xiaopei Gao; Wenjing Cai

doi:10.1007/s12144-022-03769-6

Future orientation and perceived employability of chinese undergraduates: a moderated mediation model

Hao Chen, Yunhong Wu, Lin Jiang, Binfeng Xu, Xiaopei Gao, Wenjing Cai^*

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Although scholars and practitioners have highlighted the significance of students’ attitudes for their future employment, few empirical examinations have attempted to determine the potential association between students’ future orientation and their perceived employability. Thus, drawing on career construction theory, we test the positive effect of students’ future orientation on their perceived employability by exploring the mediator of problem-based learning and the moderators of job market knowledge and proactive personality. Collecting our data via a time-lagged design (N = 368), we have found that the positive association between future orientation and employability is mediated by problem-based learning. Our moderation analyses further revealed that job market knowledge positively moderates the relationship between future orientation and problem-based learning and that students’ proactive personality positively moderates the relationship between problem-based learning and perceived employability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27127-27140
Journal	Current Psychology
Volume	42
Issue number	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03769-6
Publication status	Published - 2023

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This research was funded by the Provincial Quality Engineering Project of Anhui Provincial Department of Education in 2021 (grant number: 2021jyxm0402) and the USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiative (grant number: YD2160002010).

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This research was funded by the Provincial Quality Engineering Project of Anhui Provincial Department of Education in 2021 (grant number: 2021jyxm0402) and the USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiative (grant number: YD2160002010).

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USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiative	YD2160002010
Anhui Provincial Department of Education	2021jyxm0402
Anhui Provincial Department of Education

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Future orientation
Job market knowledge
Perceived employability
Proactive personality
Problem-based learning

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