The Influence of Teacher Support on Vocational Students’ Career Values and Career Decision-making Self-efficacy: A Case Study of Chongqing City Management College
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The objectives of this study were as follows:
1) to explore the influencing factors of vocational values and career decision-making self-efficacy of higher vocational students
in Chongqing, 2) to explore the influence of teacher support on vocational values and self-efficacy of vocational decision-making
in Chongqing, and 3) to put forward suggestions for improving the self-efficacy of vocational values and career decision-making of higher vocational students. In this study, 325 questionnaire responses were obtained from a sampling survey of students in Chongqing Vocational College of Urban Management, and a quantitative study was carried out, using non-independent sample T and univariate analysis. The results of regression analysis were as follows: The β value of the influence of teacher support on Career values was 0.531, which was greater than 0, indicating that there was a positive and significant relationship between teacher support and Career values. When higher vocational students felt more supported by the teachers, they would have an improvement on their career values. The β value of teacher support self-efficacy for career decision-making was 0.457.
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