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      The influence of occupational values on college students’ willingness to apply for civil servants: The mediating role of political efficacy

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          At present, civil servant positions have become the main employment target of many college students in China, and there is a deep motivation behind this phenomenon. This research conducted an empirical study on college students in 2022 with 566 valid data by using the convenience sampling method. The occupational values scale, political efficacy scale, and the willingness to apply for civil servants scale were used. Descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, and common method deviation were performed by SPSS 26.0 to test the reliability of each scale and the discriminant validity of variables. In addition, the structural equation model and bias-corrected bootstrap were used to explore the influence of occupational values on college students’ willingness to apply for civil servants and analyze the mediating role of political efficacy. The results show that: (1) The dimensions of career stability, prestige value, and public service motivation of occupational values have significant positive impacts on college students’ willingness to apply for civil servants, among which public service motivation has the most significant impact. (2) Occupational values have significant positive impacts on college students’ political efficacy. (3) Political efficacy has a significant positive impact on the college students’ willingness to apply for civil servants. (4) Political efficacy plays a partial mediating role in the transmission path of occupational values and willingness to apply for civil servants. These findings further clarify the logical relationship between occupational values and civil servants’ willingness, providing a theoretical basis and practical reference for college educators to implement college students’ career education.

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                Contributors
                Journal
                Front Psychol
                Front Psychol
                Front. Psychol.
                Frontiers in Psychology
                Frontiers Media S.A.
                1664-1078
                17 October 2022
                2022
                : 13
                : 1020863
                Affiliations
                [1] 1School of Aerospace Engineering, Xiamen University , Xiamen, China
                [2] 2Teachers College, Jimei University , Xiamen, China
                Author notes

                Edited by: Lin Zhang, Ningbo University, China

                Reviewed by: Jianwei Qian, Hangzhou Normal University, China; John Mark R. Asio, Gordon College, Philippines

                *Correspondence: Chunmei Chen, chunmei88@ 123456jmu.edu.cn

                This article was submitted to Personality and Social Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology

                Article
                10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1020863
                9619102
                36324791
                d1723184-5e65-4a41-bdd7-2239de8572c7
                Copyright © 2022 Ni, Shen, Chen and Liu.

                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

                History
                : 16 August 2022
                : 28 September 2022
                Page count
                Figures: 5, Tables: 12, Equations: 0, References: 77, Pages: 16, Words: 11182
                Funding
                Funded by: National Social Science Fund of China , doi 10.13039/501100012325;
                Award ID: CIA220278
                Categories
                Psychology
                Original Research

                Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                occupational values,willingness,civil servants,political efficacy,public service motivation

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