Frequency of seeing or hearing information about employment and career decision-making self-efficacy─survey of students taking career education courses at universities─

Abstract

pdfUrakami (1996) found that when information was obtained from relatives, positive information about employment was positively correlated with career decision-making self-efficacy. However, when information was obtained from in-class or senior students, negative information was also positively correlated with career decision-making selfefficacy. The present study aimed to extend Urakami’s (1996) findings. A questionnaire survey was administered to 185 sophomores and 216 juniors. The results showed a positive correlation between the frequency of positive information and career decision-making selfefficacy when obtaining information from relatives, senior students, media, and friends for sophomores and juniors. For juniors, a positive correlation was also found between the frequency of negative information and career decision-making self-efficacy when obtaining information from seniors and relatives. In the case of obtaining information from within the classroom, a positive correlation was found between the frequency of positive information and career decision-making self-efficacy only for juniors. Based on these results, we discussed the results from the perspective of career education at universities.departmental bulletin pape