Do the Imagination and Self-efficacy of Animation Majors Unlock the Gateway to Employment Kingdom?

Abstract

Although university students' imagination is a critical factor in improving employability, few researchers in previous studies have used empirical research methods to demonstrate the relationship between university students' imagination and employability. This study investigated the effects of three factors measuring imagination—initiating imagination, conceiving imagination, and transforming imagination—as well as self-efficacy on employability. An empirical study was conducted with 391 animation university students, and the results found that initiating imagination, conceiving imagination, and transforming imagination can affect employability directly or indirectly through self-efficacy, respectively.