The Effect of Psychological Empowerment of Service Major Students on Job Engagement, Internship Satisfaction, and Employment Intentions

This study analysis the effects of self-determination, competence, influence, and meaningfulness, which are sub-dimensions of psychological empowerment for service major students, on job engagement, Internship Satisfaction and employment intention. The survey was conducted from October 5 to October 30, 2024 using the Naver Office program. A total of 300 copies were distributed, 225 copies (75.0%) were collected, and 214 copies (95.1%) were used in the final empirical analysis, excluding 11 copies with insincere responses. The implications of the analysis results are as follows. First, self-determination and meaningfulness, which are constructs of psychological empowerment, were found to have a significant effect on job engagement. However, competence and influence did not have a significant effect on job engagement. Second, self-determination and influence were found to have a significant effect on Internship Satisfaction. On the other hand, competence and meaningfulness did not have a significant effect on Internship Satisfaction. Third, influence was found to have a significant effect on employment intention, but self-determination, competence, and meaningfulness did not have a significant effect on employment intention. Fourth, job engagement was found to have a significant effect on Internship Satisfaction. Fifth, job engagement was found to have a significant effect on employment intention. Sixth, field training satisfaction was found to have no significant effect on employment intention. Therefore, useful implications were suggested based on the analysis results.