PENGARUH SELF-EFFICACY DAN LITERASI DIGITAL TERHADAP KESIAPAN KERJA SISWA SMK PADA ERA TRANSFORMASI DIGITAL DI KABUPATEN TASIKMALAYA

Abstract

The accelerating pace of digital transformation having fundamentally reshaped a worldwide employment setting, vocational students' preparedness for employment in regions with limited digital infrastructure such as Tasikmalaya Regency remains far from adequate. This study sought to investigate how significantly self-efficacy alongside digital literacy shape the employment readiness of vocational students throughout the digital transformation era, with SMK Al-Huda Sariwangi as the research site. A quantitative survey-based approach was employed, involving a population of 465 students from which 82 were selected as the research sample via purposive sampling technique. A Likert-scale questionnaire served as the data collection instrument, with findings processed through multiple linear regression analysis following a Method of Successive Interval (MSI) transformation. The findings confirm that self-efficacy positively and significantly predicted students' work readiness (t=2.691; sig. 0.009), as does digital literacy, which demonstrated a more dominant contribution (t=8.002; sig. 0.000). When tested simultaneously, both variables accounted for 60.4% of the variation in students' work readiness (R²=0.604). These results affirm that digital literacy serves as the primary determinant of vocational students' work readiness in the digital era, while self-efficacy functions as an equally vital psychological foundation.