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To explore the impact of part-time employment on college students' job search intentions and the mediating role of job search self-efficacy in this relationship, this study employed measurement tools including a part-time employment effectiveness scale, a job search intention scale, and a job search self-efficacy scale. A survey was conducted through questionnaires with 305 second-, third-, and fourth-year students from the School of Management at University G. The findings revealed a significant positive influence of part-time employment effectiveness on job search intentions. Among the three sub-dimensions of part-time employment effectiveness, the dimensions of task mastery and skill enhancement significantly influenced job search intentions, while the career exploration dimension showed no impact. Job search self-efficacy played a moderating role in the relationship between part-time employment effectiveness and job search intentions, exhibiting a reverse moderating effect. Individual characteristics such as gender, grade level, and respondents' experience as class monitors or in leadership roles did not significantly affect part-time employment effectiveness, job search intentions, or job self-efficacy among college students. Noticeable variations were observed in the ability enhancement sub-dimension of part-time employment effectiveness across different majors, with marketing majors demonstrating the lowest level of skill enhancement and e-commerce majors exhibiting the highest.
Yang et al. (2024) studied this question.