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Publication Date: 2012
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Improving IS Enrollment Choices: The Role of Social Support
Akbulut-Bailey, Asli
Journal of Information Systems Education, v23 n3 p259-270 Fall 2012
Over the last decade, enrollment in Information Systems (IS) and related programs has dropped worldwide and still remains low despite positive job market predictions. Given the significant negative consequences of low enrollments on both academia and industry, the IS community has focused its efforts on mechanisms to increase enrollments. This study investigates how such a mechanism--social support--influences students' aspirations to pursue an IS degree. More specifically, the study suggests that social support, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and interests independently and cumulatively affect students' choice of IS as their major. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Information Systems, Labor Market, Enrollment, Employment Projections, Surveys, Higher Education, Management Information Systems, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Instruction, Information Technology, Career Choice, Likert Scales, Career Development, Improvement
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
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