<![CDATA[The present research intends to investigate the effect of Locus of Control on career aspirations, incorporating career decision-making self-efficacy functioning as a mediating variable, specifically within the learner demographic of the Office Administration Education Study Program at the State University of Surabaya. An explanatory quantitative methodology was utilized, recruiting 225 participants who were chosen from a total group of 350 individuals through a simple random sampling technique. Information gathering was conducted utilizing Likert-scale surveys, followed by an evaluation employing Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) operated through the SmartPLS version 4 software. The results demonstrate that (1) Locus of Control exerts a favorable and notable effect on career aspirations; (2) Locus of Control exerts a favorable and notable effect on career decision-making self-efficacy; (3) career decision-making self-efficacy similarly displays a favorable and notable effect on career aspirations; and (4) career decision-making self-efficacy acts as a partial mediator for the effect of Locus of Control on career aspirations. The current investigation supplies fresh empirical proof concerning the intermediary function of career decision-making self-efficacy within the connection linking Locus of Control and career aspirations for Office Administration Education learners in Indonesia a demographic that had not been investigated utilizing comparable mediation frameworks in prior literature.]]>
