Effect of family support and work resources in the relationship of economic constraints and work volition: Evidence from China.
<h4>Background</h4>As the pace of economic development slows, college students are facing an increasingly challenging employment landscape. For instance, the expansion of higher education has led to a swell in the number of job seekers, which has in turn intensified competition. Given th...
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>As the pace of economic development slows, college students are facing an increasingly challenging employment landscape. For instance, the expansion of higher education has led to a swell in the number of job seekers, which has in turn intensified competition. Given the limited job opportunities, it's understandable that many college students are developing a pessimistic employment mindset. Therefore, it's crucial to explore how objective factors influence their work aspirations. But few studies have explored the role of mediating factors between the two, such as family and resource factors. Thus, this study examines the effects of family support and work resources between the relationship between economic constraints and work volition.<h4>Methods</h4>The study examined 1249 Chinese undergraduate students as participants ((714 men and 535 women; Mage = 19.32, SD = 1.50), using the questionnaire with the Wenjuanxing online survey tool. The questionnaire were collected between August, 2022 and December, 2022. SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 24.0 were used to conducted a comprehensive analysis of the collected data, and investigate the relationships among latent variables and assess the goodness of fit of the observed indicators on their associated latent constructs. Additionally, we evaluated all the hypothesized direct and indirect effects.<h4>Results</h4>The results showed the direct and indirect relationships among economic constraints, family support, work resources and work volition. Economic constraints can directly predict work volition. Moreover, economic constraints have a significant negative impact on work volition via two mediators: family support and work resources. On the one hand, economic constraints negatively affect work volition through family support and work resource separately. On the other hand, economic constraints negatively predict family support and work resource, thus negatively impact work volition.<h4>Contribution</h4>The current study has established the independent mediating and chain-mediated effects of family support and work resources on the relationship between economic constraints and work volition. This deeper understanding of internal mechanisms provides valuable insights that can inform strategies for enhancing individual's work volition, particularly from the perspectives of economic constraints, family support, and work volition. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3419c0cff8684e70a0c138af28a7ff512025-02-05T05:31:14ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01201e031037410.1371/journal.pone.0310374Effect of family support and work resources in the relationship of economic constraints and work volition: Evidence from China.Lu HaiYang WangMan ShuMengxiao ZhangYijiao Wang<h4>Background</h4>As the pace of economic development slows, college students are facing an increasingly challenging employment landscape. For instance, the expansion of higher education has led to a swell in the number of job seekers, which has in turn intensified competition. Given the limited job opportunities, it's understandable that many college students are developing a pessimistic employment mindset. Therefore, it's crucial to explore how objective factors influence their work aspirations. But few studies have explored the role of mediating factors between the two, such as family and resource factors. Thus, this study examines the effects of family support and work resources between the relationship between economic constraints and work volition.<h4>Methods</h4>The study examined 1249 Chinese undergraduate students as participants ((714 men and 535 women; Mage = 19.32, SD = 1.50), using the questionnaire with the Wenjuanxing online survey tool. The questionnaire were collected between August, 2022 and December, 2022. SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 24.0 were used to conducted a comprehensive analysis of the collected data, and investigate the relationships among latent variables and assess the goodness of fit of the observed indicators on their associated latent constructs. Additionally, we evaluated all the hypothesized direct and indirect effects.<h4>Results</h4>The results showed the direct and indirect relationships among economic constraints, family support, work resources and work volition. Economic constraints can directly predict work volition. Moreover, economic constraints have a significant negative impact on work volition via two mediators: family support and work resources. On the one hand, economic constraints negatively affect work volition through family support and work resource separately. On the other hand, economic constraints negatively predict family support and work resource, thus negatively impact work volition.<h4>Contribution</h4>The current study has established the independent mediating and chain-mediated effects of family support and work resources on the relationship between economic constraints and work volition. This deeper understanding of internal mechanisms provides valuable insights that can inform strategies for enhancing individual's work volition, particularly from the perspectives of economic constraints, family support, and work volition.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310374 |
| spellingShingle | Lu Hai Yang Wang Man Shu Mengxiao Zhang Yijiao Wang Effect of family support and work resources in the relationship of economic constraints and work volition: Evidence from China. PLoS ONE |
| title | Effect of family support and work resources in the relationship of economic constraints and work volition: Evidence from China. |
| title_full | Effect of family support and work resources in the relationship of economic constraints and work volition: Evidence from China. |
| title_fullStr | Effect of family support and work resources in the relationship of economic constraints and work volition: Evidence from China. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of family support and work resources in the relationship of economic constraints and work volition: Evidence from China. |
| title_short | Effect of family support and work resources in the relationship of economic constraints and work volition: Evidence from China. |
| title_sort | effect of family support and work resources in the relationship of economic constraints and work volition evidence from china |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310374 |
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