Self-directed learning as a mediator of the relationship between contextual support and career decision self-efficacy

The difficulty of career planning can become a serious problem if a person experiences career uncertainty or career indecision, resulting in their inability to survive, to persist, and to maintain stability in their study and their work. This study aims to examine the role of self-directed learning as a mediator in the relationship between contextual support and career decision self-efficacy. This quantitative research used 496 4th semester Universitas Indonesia students as participants. The participants completed the Contextual Support Self-report, Career Decision Self-efficacy Short Form (CDSE-SF), and Student Self-directed Learning Questionnaire (SSDLQ). The result of this study shows self-directed learning as a partial mediator in the relationship between contextual support and career decision self-efficacy. The implications of this research is that factors in the higher education environment, especially those pertaining to the role of lecturers, must be optimized to increase students’ self-directed learning to improve their career decision self-efficacy.