A Study on the Mediating Effect of Self-Leadership on Job Choice Motivation and Major Satisfaction among College Students Majoring in Military

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effect of self-leadership on job choice motivation and major satisfaction among college students majoring in military. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, a total of 316 questionnaires were analyzed with a population of military department college students from 5 universities across the country. The research results are as follows. First, job choice motivation showed a positive relationship on major satisfaction. Second, among the subcomponents of self-leadership, a behavior-focused strategy and a natural reward strategy had significant positive relationships on major satisfaction, whereas a constructive thinking strategy showed unrelated results. Third, job choice motivation showed a positive relationship on self-leadership. Finally, self-leadership showed a mediating effect on job choice motivation and major satisfaction. The results of this study expanded the scope of research by revealing that self-leadership has a positive influence on major satisfaction of college students. In addition, the academic concept was supplemented by identifying the positive influence relationship between Job choice motivation and self-leadership.