Relationship between Social Skills and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy in University Students

Abstract

To decrease career indecision among undergraduate students, it is important to improve Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy (CDMSE). However, there are limited studies that have investigated how to enhance CDMSE in such students. Therefore, this study first describes CDMSE and Social Skills (SS) and then clarifies their connection to formulate an intervention method in career education. The participants consisted of 473 university students who completed a questionnaire on CDMSE and SS as well as a questionnaire based survey distributed in October 2010. The results show that a significant relationship exists between CDMSE and SS and that three factors of SS were revealed through a KiSS-18 factor analysis, which indicates that SS is an important factor that improves CDMSE.