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The effect of career day activities on career stress: The mediating role of career awareness

Kariyer günü etkinliklerinin kariyer stresi üzerindeki etkisi: Kariyer farkındalığının aracı rolü

Nuri Çeliker(ALANYA ALAADDİN KEYKUBAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-3865-5489
Pages
143–152
Publication Date
2026-08-31
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The findings indicate that career day events increase career awareness and that career awareness reduces career stress, thereby playing a partial mediating role in this relationship.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study examines the mediating role of career awareness in the effect of career day events, organized as career counseling and guidance activities at universities, on career stress.
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Key Findings & Data:To test this theoretical framework, data collected from 578 university students were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM).
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Conclusion & Impact:The findings indicate that career day events increase career awareness and that career awareness reduces career stress, thereby playing a partial mediating role in this relationship.
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⚙️Variables:kariyer danışmanlık ve rehberlik · kariyer farkındalığı · kariyer günleri

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This study examines the mediating role of career awareness in the effect of career day events, organized as career counseling and guidance activities at universities, on career stress. Grounded in Social Cognitive Career Theory, the study proposes that individuals transform environmental learning experiences (career day events) into emotional and psychological outcomes (career stress) through cognitive evaluations (career awareness). To test this theoretical framework, data collected from 578 university students were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings indicate that career day events increase career awareness and that career awareness reduces career stress, thereby playing a partial mediating role in this relationship. Furthermore, career day events were found to have a positive effect on career stress in the short term; however, this effect weakened and became negative as career awareness increased. In this context, career day events can enhance students’ knowledge about their careers while making their future expectations and responsibilities more visible. Over time, increased career awareness enables students to evaluate their career options more consciously and manage their career stress more effectively. These results demonstrate that the relationships proposed in the research model were largely confirmed and strongly support the theoretical expectations. Thus, the study makes important contributions to the career development literature while providing practical implications for improving career counseling and guidance activities conducted at universities.

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Bu çalışma, üniversitelerde kariyer danışmanlık ve rehberlik faaliyeti olarak düzenlenen kariyer günü etkinliklerinin, kariyer stresi üzerindeki etkisinde kariyer farkındalığının aracı rolünü incelemektedir. Sosyal Bilişsel Kariyer Kuramı temeline dayanan bu araştırma, bireylerin çevresel öğrenme deneyimlerini (kariyer günü etkinlikleri), bilişsel değerlendirmeler (kariyer farkındalığı) yoluyla duygusal ve psikolojik çıktılara (kariyer stresi) dönüştürdüğünü öne sürmektedir. Bu kuramsal çerçevenin test edilebilmesi amacıyla, 578 üniversite öğrencisinden elde edilen veriler kısmi en küçük kareler yapısal eşitlik modellemesi (PLS-SEM) yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmada elde edilen bulgular, kariyer günü etkinliklerinin kariyer farkındalığını artırdığını, kariyer farkındalığının ise kariyer stresini azaltarak bu ilişkide kısmi aracılık rolü üstlendiğini göstermektedir. Ayrıca, kariyer günü etkinliklerinin kısa vadede kariyer stresi üzerinde pozitif bir etkiye sahip olduğu; ancak artan farkındalıkla birlikte bu etkinin zayıfladığı ve negatif bir yön kazandığı belirlenmiştir. Bu bağlamda, kariyer günü etkinlikleri öğrencilerin kariyerlerine ilişkin bilgi düzeylerini artırırken, geleceğe yönelik beklenti ve sorumluluklarını daha görünür hale getirebilmektedir. Zamanla kariyer farkındalığının artması ise öğrencilerin kariyer seçeneklerini daha bilinçli değerlendirebilmelerine ve kariyer streslerini daha etkin bir şekilde yönetebilmelerine imkân tanımaktadır. Bu sonuçlar, araştırma modelinde öngörülen ilişkilerin önemli ölçüde doğrulandığını ve kuramsal beklentileri büyük ölçüde desteklediğini göstermektedir. Böylece çalışma, kariyer gelişimi literatürüne önemli katkılar sunarken, üniversitelerde yürütülen kariyer danışmanlığı ve rehberlik faaliyetlerinin geliştirilmesine yönelik pratik çıkarımlar sağlamaktadır.

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Çeliker, N., *, N. Ç. (2026). The effect of career day activities on career stress: The mediating role of career awareness. Erciyes Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, Sayı: 74, 143–152. https://doi.org/10.18070/erciyesiibd.1934271

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