Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting Business Administration students’ career adaptability and provide implications for universities to improve students’ adaptability and raise awareness of their current level in Vietnam. We conducted a survey using the convenient random sampling method for students studying at ten representative universities in Hanoi on a voluntary basis and received 360 valid questionnaires. Based on the data obtained from the survey, common statistical analysis methods are used, including Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and Structural Regression Modeling to test the research hypotheses. Research results show that three out of the four designed constructs have a statistically significant influence on students’ career adaptability, in which the educational program is the most influential factor, followed by Social support and students’ Career self-efficacy. However, the study did not show a statistically significant impact of Teacher support on students’ Career adaptability. The research results suggest some implications for developing students’ career adaptability through improving educational programs by adding soft skills to educational content and upgrading educational facilities and equipment that support active learning and encourage effective teaching methods by instructors. For social support, it is necessary to strengthen interactive and positive relationships between students and their families, universities, and communities. As for students, they need to further promote the improvement of their career self-efficacy, such as thinking positively and optimistically about the problems they face, always finding ways to solve difficulties in study and life optimistically, developing positive relationships with family, friends, and the community, and especially set and seek to achieve challenging goals.