자아인식이 진로준비행동에 미치는 영향 - 진로결정자기효능감의 매개효과를 중심으로 -

Abstract

The career decision-making process plays a crucial role in shaping life satisfaction and direction. To make appropriate choices, a deeper understanding of oneself is essential. This study explored “self-awareness” as a key factor influencing career preparation behavior, focusing on self-esteem and ego-resilience. Reflecting on the importance of career planning in the late twenties, a survey was conducted with an expanded scope to include Korean men and women in their twenties currently preparing for their careers. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 29.0 and SmartPLS 4. First, the study found that self-esteem positively affected all sub-factors of career decision-making self-efficacy, while ego-resil- ience had strong effects on all sub-factors except for information gathering efficacy. Second, self-esteem negatively affected tool preparation behavior, whereas ego-resilience positively influenced both tool preparation and goal attainment behaviors. Information gathering, future planning, and self-evaluation efficacy also positively affected career preparation behaviors. Third, future planning and self-evaluation efficacies mediated the effects of self-esteem and ego-resilience on career preparation behavior. Notably, future planning and self-evaluation efficacies played significant mediating roles between ego-resilience and goal attainment behavior. Fourth, gender differences were also observed; self-awareness had an impact on women, while problem-solving efficacy had an impact on men. In conclusion, self-awareness and career deci- sion-making self-efficacy are critical for promoting career preparation behaviors, particularly ego-resilience, future plan- ning efficacy, and self-evaluation efficacy.