Prediction of College Students’ Career Adaptability

The purpose of this study was to suggest and test a model that predicts early adulthood men and women’s career adaptability. Predictors were categorized into five categories: Beliefs and attitudes, competence, behavior, environment, and individual backgrounds. This study collected data using proportionate stratified sampling from 507 undergraduate students attending 12 different colleges in Seoul, Korea. An ordinal logistic regression analysis using SPSS 21.0 was used to analyze the data. The results of the study were: first, the research model was statistically significant (Nagelkerke R2, .654) and second, seven factors of predictors (use of emotion, appraisal support, family income per month (between two million KRW to three million KRW), self-appraisal, making plans, others’ emotional appraisal, and vocational education participation experience) had significant partial effects on career adaptability predictability. Results were discussed in terms of a Korean context.