Resilience and Self-Efficacy: Keys to Students’ Change Readiness in Higher Education

Abstract

This study aims to understand the influence of resilience, self-efficacy, and critical thinking on the readiness to change of final-year students, with the moderating roles of organizational culture, technological adaptation, and the mediating role of psychological empowerment in higher education. Data was gathered through an online questionnaire sent to respondents, consisting of 255 final-year students and 205 higher education members. The data was analyzed using Multi-level CFA. At the individual level, study investigates final-year students' readiness to change through resilience, self-efficacy, and critical thinking. At an organizational level, this study focuses on organizational culture, technological adaptation, and psychological empowerment. Organizational culture significantly enhances students' psychological empowerment, boosting readiness for change, as psychological empowerment is a mediator between organizational culture and readiness for change. Technological adaptation strengthens psychological empowerment, where students with higher tech proficiency show greater psychological empowerment and readiness for change. This finding underscores the value of integrating technology into education to improve learning engagement and adaptability.