ABSTRACT

Purpose

Agriculture-related jobs are becoming less attractive to adolescents in South Korea. In this situation, this study aimed to analyze the process of formation of career intention in the agricultural sector in relation to cognitive and emotional variables. In addition, the moderating effects of 4-H experience was analyzed.

Design

Moderated mediating effect analysis was conducted to the 4-H experience on the relationships between perceived values of agriculture, attachment and career intention. The data were gathered by stratified, cluster and proportional sampling of middle and high school students. A number of 769 questionnaires were used for the analysis after data cleaning.

Finding

Youths fully perceived the value of agriculture, but they did not have high levels of emotional bonds to agriculture and agricultural career intention. Perceived values of agriculture had a significant positive influence on the formation of agricultural career intention through the mediation of agricultural attachment. 4-H experience had significant moderated effects on the formation of agricultural career intention.

Practical implication

In terms of the operation of the 4-H program, in order to form agricultural career intention, it is necessary to operate differentiated program according to the youth’s perceptions and attachment level of agriculture.

Theoretical implications

This study is meaningful in that it identified agricultural career intention through the relationship between cognitive and emotional factor based on behavioral theories.

Originality/values

This study demonstrates the values of 4-H activities which facilitate the formation of agricultural career intention for youths in a situation where interest in 4-H is diminishing.

中文翻译：

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4-H经验对青少年农业职业变量的中介作用

摘要

目的

在韩国，与农业相关的工作对青少年的吸引力越来越小。在这种情况下，本研究旨在分析与认知和情感变量相关的农业部门职业意向形成过程。此外，还分析了4-H经验的调节作用。

设计

对4-H经验对农业的感知价值，依恋与职业意愿之间的关系进行了适度的中介效应分析。数据是通过对中学生和高中生进行分层，整群和按比例抽样而收集的。清理数据后，使用了769份问卷进行分析。

寻找

青年人充分认识到农业的价值，但他们与农业和农业职业意向之间没有很高的情感联系。农业的感知价值通过农业依恋的调解对农业职业意向的形成产生了显着的积极影响。4-H经验对农业职业意愿的形成有显着的调节作用。

实际意义

在4-H计划的实施方面，为了形成农业职业意向，有必要根据青年的认识和对农业的依恋程度来实施差异化计划。

理论意义

这项研究意义重大，因为它基于行为理论通过认知和情感因素之间的关系来识别农业职业意图。

创意/价值

这项研究表明，在对4-H的兴趣正在减少的情况下，4-H活动的价值有助于青年形成农业职业意愿。