AUTHOR=Xia Tiansheng , Gu Honglei , Huang Yamei , Zhu Qian , Cheng Yufang TITLE=The Relationship Between Career Social Support and Employability of College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=11 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00028 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00028 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=

This study examines the underlying mechanism that connects career social support with employability through a survey of 392 Chinese college students. The results showed that career social support had a positive effect on career adaptation and employability of college students, and career adaptation mediated the association between career social support and employability. Furthermore, proactive personality was found to play a moderating role in linking career adaptation and employability. More specifically, higher levels of a proactive personality strengthen the enhancing effect of career adaptation on the employability of college students. Therefore, there was a moderated mediation effect between career social support and employability of college students.