The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of global competence and career competence improving experience of global internship participants on learning transfer and job satisfaction after employment.
For this purpose, the following research...
The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of global competence and career competence improving experience of global internship participants on learning transfer and job satisfaction after employment.
For this purpose, the following research hypotheses were made. First, global competence of global internship participants will affect learning transfer and job satisfaction. Second, career competence of global internship participants will affect learning transfer and job satisfaction. Third, learning transfer will play a mediating effect on the relationship between independent variables (global competence and career competence) and dependent variable (job satisfaction).
The subjects of this study were university students who participated in the Korea-US university students’ training program. The subjects of the questionnaire were 2,566 students who completed or are scheduled to complete the training program. The subject programs were from the 1st to the 15th long-term training program, the 1st mid-term program and from the 1st to the 3rd short-term program. The survey has been conducted for ten days from November 11th to November 21st in 2016, using an online questionnaire on the Internet site (Homepage) of National Institute for International Education through online link utilizing social network, e-mail, and MMS text. Survey participants were 392 people and answers of 182 participants who were employed to satisfy the selection criteria for the study were used for analysis. In this study, frequency analysis, descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equation model analysis were conducted based on collected data.
Followings are the results of the study. First, it was analyzed that the fit of the structural model composed of global competence, career competence, learning transfer and job satisfaction was at an acceptable level. The fit indexes of this study model were Chi-square=415.561, p=.000, df=164, CMIN/DF=2.534, SRMR=.0589, RMR=.095, RMSEA=.092, TLI=.888 and CFI=.903. It is judged that the model is at an acceptable level of fit considering the overall fit of the fit indexes.
Second, when looking into the effects of global competence and career competence on learning transfer, it was confirmed that global competence and career competence made significant effects on learning transfer. When examining the path coefficient, the path toward learning transfer showed a positive (+) value for both global competence and career competence with significance.
Third, when looking into the effects of global competence and career competence on job satisfaction, it was identified that global competence and career competence did not make direct effects on job satisfaction. Global competence showed negative (-) value on job satisfaction without significance (p=.683). Career competence showed positive (+) value on job satisfaction but it was not significant as p=.105.
Fourth, when analyzing the effects of global competence and career competence on job satisfaction using learning transfer as medium, it was identified that learning transfer mediated on the relationship between competences (global competence and career competence) and job satisfaction. Therefore, global competence and career competence have significant influence on job satisfaction through the medium of learning transfer.
The implications of the study and suggestions for follow - up study were discussed based on the results of this study.