就業職能與職業距離對薪資之影響：社工勞力市場之檢視

Over the past decade, departments of social work have expanded rapidly among Taiwanese universities. This study explored the key factors influencing the career and salary of social workers entering the workplace after graduating from university. The study evaluated mediation among the variables of “education,” “career,” and “income” and tested the moderating effects of “professional competence” and “occupational distance.” The data analyzed in this study were obtained from university graduate surveys included in the “Taiwan Integrated Postsecondary Education Database.” Three primary results of the study are as follows: First, only 34% of social work graduates entered the social work labor market as full-time employees, with no significant difference between graduates of universities and technological colleges. Second, different moderated mediation effects for professional competence and occupational distance were found in terms of the variables of education, career, and income. Third, high professional compet