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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Higher Education
Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1470902

A study on the impact of mentoring on the employment of postgraduate students in Chinese colleges

Provisionally accepted
Xue Jiang Xue Jiang Hong Wang Hong Wang *
  • Harbin Normal University, Harbin, China

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    Based on a survey of 725 Chinese postgraduate students, this study explored the relationship between the mentoring and postgraduate employment. Specifically, this study delves into how mentoring influences postgraduate employment satisfaction by enhancing employability, which includes academic competence, personal quality competence, and employment capital. The results show that (1) the mentoring is significantly and positively correlated with the employment satisfaction of postgraduate students, exerting a notable direct effect on their employment satisfaction; (2) academic competence, personal quality competence, and employment capital have a significant mediating effect between the mentoring and employment satisfaction of postgraduate students. In summary, this research highlights the critical role of mentoring in bolstering postgraduate employment satisfaction by fostering the cultivation of employability skills.

    Keywords: postgraduate students, mentoring, Employment Satisfaction, employability, Mediation role

    Received: 02 Aug 2024; Accepted: 08 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Jiang and Wang. 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) or licensor 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.

    * Correspondence: Hong Wang, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, China

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