Major Incongruence and Occupational Engagement: A Moderated Mediation Model of Career Distress and Outcome Expectation

This study investigated the possible mediation of career distress in the relationship between major incongruence and occupational engagement and whether this mediation depends on the degree of outcome expectation. Moderated mediation analysis was tested on a sample of 346 Korean undergraduate studen...

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Published inFrontiers in psychology Vol. 10; p. 2360
Main Authors Kim, Ji Geun, Lee, Ki-Hak
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Frontiers Media S.A 18.10.2019
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career distress
career outcome expectation
major incongruence
moderated mediation model
occupational engagement
Psychology
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Summary:This study investigated the possible mediation of career distress in the relationship between major incongruence and occupational engagement and whether this mediation depends on the degree of outcome expectation. Moderated mediation analysis was tested on a sample of 346 Korean undergraduate students. The results indicated that career distress mediated the relationship between major incongruence and occupational engagement. Moreover, the negative indirect effect of major incongruence on occupational engagement through career distress weakened as the level of outcome expectation increased. The significant mediation effect of career distress is meaningful given the evidence on the role of emotion in career adaptation. In addition, the significant moderation effect of cognitive evaluation and belief in the mediating relationship on career problem, career emotion, and career behavior is meaningful in that it provides insights in cognitive intervention that could be effective in career counseling.
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This article was submitted to Organizational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Reviewed by: Agnieszka Maria Springer, Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa we Wrocławiu, Poland; Laurent Sovet, Université Paris Descartes, France
Edited by: Renato Pisanti, University Niccolò Cusano, Italy
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02360