Revisiting the Congruence-Satisfaction Relationship: The Role of External Forces

Autor/inn/en	Fu, Mingchen; Zhang, Li-Fang; Li, Bing
Titel	Revisiting the Congruence-Satisfaction Relationship: The Role of External Forces
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Development, 46 (2019) 3, S.203-218 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0894-8453
DOI	10.1177/0894845317737379
Schlagwörter	Vocational Interests; College Students; Foreign Countries; Majors (Students); Satisfaction; Congruence (Psychology); Job Satisfaction; Predictor Variables; Career Development; Career Choice; Correlation; Barriers; Student Satisfaction; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsinteresse; Collegestudent; Ausland; Zufriedenheit; Congruence; Psychology; Kongruenz; Psychologie; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Prädiktor; Berufsentwicklung; Korrelation
Abstract	The main objective of the present study was to explore the role of the forces in the context external to the setting of a specific vocational setting (i.e., an academic major in a university) in the congruence-satisfaction relationship. Four hundred and fifty-three Chinese university students responded to the Career Personality Styles Inventory, the revised Contextual Supports and Barriers Scale, and the Academic Major Satisfaction Scale. Results indicated that the congruence between individual vocational interests and their academic majors (for brevity, congruence) and two types of external forces (external barriers and support from social relations) were significant predictors of students' satisfaction with their academic majors. In comparison, the predictive power of external forces for students' satisfaction with their academic majors was far beyond that of congruence. Moreover, external barriers were a marginally significant moderator in the relationship between congruence and satisfaction. Implications and limitations of the findings are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01