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Career Adaptability and Social Support Among Graduating College Seniors
Author(s) -
Ghosh Arpita,
Fouad Nadya A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/cdq.12098
Subject(s) - adaptability , workforce , social support , psychology , medical education , resource (disambiguation) , aging in the american workforce , management , political science , social psychology , medicine , computer science , computer network , law , economics
Previous research has highlighted the employment needs of recent college graduates, focusing on the specific challenges members of this group encounter as they transition into the workforce. This study examined graduating seniors ( N = 164) during their senior year of college as they transitioned to the workforce, investigating career adaptability and social support. Results from multiple regression analyses found that the concern resource of career adaptability was significantly predicted by social support. Implications and future directions are highlighted.