INFORMATION SEARCH STRATEGY IN VOCATIONAL DECISION IN UNDERGRADUATES - AN APPROACH ON VOCATIONAL DECISION-MAKING THEORY

The present study was intended to examine strategies of information se arch used in vocational decision making. Third and fourth-year undergr aduate students were selected as subjects. Regarding the amount of inf ormation search, high and low group of vocational readiness were found to be different among third-year students who did not have any job hu nting experience whereas no difference is as observed between the two groups among fourth-year students who had a job hunting experience. Wi th regards to strategies of information search, third-year students te nded to use strategies-search within alternatives across attributes in first part of vocational decision making process and search within at tributes across alternatives in a second part of the process. On the o ther hand, fourth-year students tended to search within attributes acr oss alternatives in the first part and search within alternatives acro ss attributes in the second part. Fourth-year students used informatio n search strategies which were more rational and analogous to decision making in other areas of daily life.