探究學士後海勤學生之航海生涯堅持

An Investigation on Seafaring Career Persistence of Post-bachelor Maritime Students

鑒於學士後海勤學生可能成為我國未來商船甲級船員的重要來源之一，本研究遂針對其航海生涯堅持予以探究。作者以社會認知生涯理論為研究框架，並以調查問卷蒐集學士後海勤學生之航海生涯堅持相關資料，資料分析係使用偏最小平方結構方程模式。研究發現，影響學士後海勤學生之航海生涯堅持的直接因素，依影響效果大小分別為：對於上船工作之正向結果預期、對於上船工作之職業興趣、以及社會系絡對其上船工作的支持等三項；而社會系絡的支持可說是航海生涯堅持的最主要影響因素。最後，作者依據研究結果做了深入的討論。

Because students in post-bachelor maritime studies programmes could become one of important sources for Taiwan ship-officers in the next few years, therefore this study investigates their career persistence regarding seafaring. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) is used as the research framework of this study. Moreover, authors implement comprehensive survey focused on post-bachelor maritime students with questionnaire in order to collect data regarding their seafaring career persistence. Data analysis is carried out by partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results find that the significant direct factors influencing seafaring career persistence of post-bachelor maritime students based on influence effect sorting as following: Positive outcome, career interest and social support regarding seafaring. In the meanwhile, social support regarding seafaring can be said the most important factor influencing seafaring career persistence of post-bachelor maritime students. Finally, authors implement in-deep discussions based on the results of this study.