The influence of learning motivation on employment competitiveness of Chinese college students mediated by learning engagement: Basis for strategies to improve students’ competitiveness in employment

International Journal of Research Studies in Management
CollabWritive Special Issue
2024 Volume 12 Issue 12

Available Online: 1 September 2024

Author/s:

Zhang, Yueru
Graduate School, Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas, Philippines

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between learning motivation, learning engagement and employment competitiveness, and put forward some suggestions to improve employment competitiveness. Self-made questionnaire was used as a data collection tool in this study. The subjects were undergraduates from colleges and universities in Shandong, Beijing, Jiangsu, Hebei and Tianjin. The study motivation was weighted and ranked from four aspects, learning interest, learning ability, reputation acquisition and altruistic intention. It also assessed learning engagement in terms of behavioral engagement, cognitive engagement, and emotional engagement. The employment competitiveness was evaluated from four aspects knowledge understanding ability, business skills, personal quality and cognitive ability. As part of the non-parametric test, Spearman rho was used to examine the significant relationship. All analyses were performed including learning interest, learning ability, reputation acquisition and altruistic using SPSS version 28. The participants agreed with the positive role of learning motivation, intention. Respondents agreed that learning engagement was assessed by behavioral engagement, cognitive engagement, and emotional engagement. The respondents agreed to improve the comprehensive employment competitiveness of college students by improving their knowledge understanding ability, business skills, personal quality and cognitive ability. The study also found that there was a very strong direct relationship between learning motivation and employment competitiveness. There was also a very strong direct relationship between learning motivation and learning investment, and there was a very strong direct relationship between learning investment and employment competitiveness. In addition, this study developed strategies to strengthen the employment competitiveness of college students.

Keywords: learning motivation, learning investment, employment competitiveness, college students

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2024.1268

Cite this article:
Zhang, Y. (2024). The influence of learning motivation on employment competitiveness of Chinese college students mediated by learning engagement: Basis for strategies to improve students’ competitiveness in employment. International Journal of Research Studies in Management, 12(12), 87-101. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2024.1268