The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of nursing satisfaction in major and
self-leadership on male nursing student career preparation behavior. Data was collected from 527 students
by means of self-reported questionnaires on the topic of satisfaction in major, self-leadership, career
preparation behavior among nursing students from July 1 to August 31, 2016. The SPSS WIN/PC 19.0
program was used for descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlational coefficient and multiple
regression. The conclusion from the results and discussions are as follows. The average score of satisfaction
in major, self-leadership, career preparation behavior was 2.51, 3.80 and 3,89 respectively There were
positive correlations among satisfaction in major, self-leadership, and career preparation behavior. Fourth,
major satisfaction and self-leadership effect on career preparation behavior. It is necessary to provide career
educational programs according to the grades of nursing students, and to developed educational programs to
improve self-leadership of male nursing students