本研究旨在探討大學生職業選擇與核心職能發展的相關影響因素。期能在日常生活和企業領域中，有助於個體在勞動力市場進入的各個階段需要進行職業選擇和決策。在當今動態變化快速的世界裡，特別是對於不同生涯階段的個人，包括學生來說，這些生涯的統整決策是一項複雜的任務。在不斷變化的就業市場中，培養核心職業能力成為關鍵因素，不可或缺。當代雇主在招聘過程中優先考慮核心能力，將其視為進入勞動力市場和有效生產力的關鍵“門票”。因此，特別是大學等教育機構持續呼籲必須在大學階段中培養這些能力，以確保順利過渡到成功的職業生涯。儘管現有文獻廣泛涵蓋了職業及其相關的影響變項，但在商業教育背景下整合核心能力和職業選擇之間存在顯著的不確定因素。因此，本研究旨在通過深入了解烏干達四所城市大學的商學院學生的視角來解決上述不足的環節。
本研究採用調查法進行研究，根據文獻與理論基礎，發展具有信、效度的問卷工具，通過網路調查問卷的形式，對烏干達大學的544名商學院最後一年的本系大學生樣本進行了調查，探討了學生對核心能力、職業選擇及其相關影響因素之間關係的看法。通過Likert5等第自陳量表，問卷收集的數據在導入到結構方程模型使用AMOS v24進行分析之前，先進行了SPSS v24的處理。研究分析結如下：1.可接受的適配模型，其中外生變項和內生變項之間存在顯著關係，2.模型驗證構建之間，生涯興趣與核心能力之間的影響具有部分中介效應，3.相比男性學生，女性學生觀察到的影響更為溫和，儘管這些變量之間的性別差異在統計上並不顯著。
研究結論陳述心理因素對職業選擇和核心能力有著強烈且顯著的影響，而情境因素的影響效果則不一，職業信息特別是在女性學生中作為一個顯著的調節因素。因此，提供了討論、影響及建議以及對未來研究的建議。

In both everyday life and the corporate sphere, individuals navigate career choices and decisions throughout the phases of labour market entry. Negotiating these decisions, particularly in today’s dynamic world, proves to be a complex task for individuals across various life stages, including students. The cultivation of essential skills emerges as a key factor in navigating the ever-changing job markets. Employers in the contemporary landscape prioritises core competencies during recruitment, viewing them as a crucial “ticket” for labour market entry and effective productivity. Consequently, there is a persistent call for educational institutions, particularly universities, to instil these capabilities in their graduates to ensure a seamless transition to successful careers.
This study, conducted through an online survey questionnaire with 544 final-year undergraduate college business students in Ugandan universities, explores the perceptions of students on the relationship among core competencies, career choices, and their relevant influence factors. While existing literature extensively covers aspects of careers and associated variables, there is a notable gap in integrating core competencies and career choices within the context of business education. Therefore, this study seeks to address this gap by delving into the perspectives of college business students from four urban-based universities in Uganda.
Data collected through self-reported questionnaire was subjected to SPSS v24 before importing into structural equation modelling using AMOS version 24 for analysis. The results revealed (i) an acceptable model fit where significant relationship between exogenous and endogenous variables, (ii) a partial mediation effect between constructs, (iii) a more moderate impact was observed among female students compared to male students, although the gender difference in the relationship between these variables was not statistically significant.
The study concludes that psychological factors strongly and significantly influence career choices and core competencies, while contextual factors yielded mixed results with career information acting as a significant moderator, especially among female students. Thus, discussion, implications and recommendations and suggestion for future research were provided.