Refining the employability of university students from low-income families: a qualitative study on the influential factors and mechanism of employability
The resulting conceptual model localizes Social Cognitive Career Theory to a low-socioeconomic-status setting and suggests that strengthening psychological resources and engineering opportunity structures are jointly necessary for translating motivation into demonstrable employability.
Authors
- D. L. Wang
- B Liu
- Di Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4313-559X)
- Chao Song
- Yujie Duan
- Yue Liang
- Dan Zhang
Institutions
- Jilin Normal University (CN)
- Nanjing Normal University (CN)
- Jilin Engineering Normal University (CN)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1718245
- Primary Topic
- Higher Education and Employability
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00