Occupational Self-efficacy and Career Adaptability as a Predictors of Future Perceived Employability of Students

Cilj je ovog istraživanja ispitati odnos između radne samoefikasnosti, karijerne adaptabilnosti te percipirane buduće zapošljivosti studenata. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 165 studenata završnih godina diplomskih i integriranih studija Sveučilišta u Rijeci od čega 116 studentica i 49 studenata. Raspon dobi studenata iz ovog uzorka jest između 21 i 53 godine, pri čemu je prosječna dob 24 godine. Najveći broj ispitanika dolazi s Filozofskog fakulteta i Fakulteta za menadžment u turizmu i ugostiteljstvu. Dobivene su umjerene i umjereno visoke povezanosti između radne samoefikasnosti, karijerne adaptabilnosti i njezinih dimenzija te percipirane buduće zapošljivosti i njenih dimenzija. Linearnim regresijskim analizama utvrđeni su prediktori rezultata na svakoj od dimenzija percipirane buduće zapošljivosti. Radna samoefikasnost se pokazala najznačajnijim prediktorom gotovo svih dimenzija percipirane buduće zapošljivosti, dok se pojedine dimenzije karijerne adaptabilnosti izdvajaju kao značajni prediktori ovisno o kriterijskoj varijabli. Potvrđen je i djelomični medijacijski efekt karijerne adaptabilnosti u odnosu radne samoefikasnosti i percipirane buduće zapošljivosti.The goal of this study was to examine the relation between occupational self efficacy, career adaptability and future percieved employability among students. 165 students participated in the research. Students were on the final year of their faculty in University of Rijeka. There were 116 female and 49 male students betweeen 21 and 53 years, with the average age being 24. The largest number of respodents are from Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and from Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management. Moderate and moderately high correlations were observed between occupational self efficacy, career adaptability and her dimensions and percieved future employability. Linear regression analysis found that occupational self efficacy is most significant variable in predicting almost every percieved future employability dimension. On the other hand career adaptability dimensions were significant in predicting results depending on criterion variable. Partial mediation effect of career adaptability on the relationship between occupational self efficacy and percieved future employability was determined