Predicting women's career decisiveness in the ICT sector: A serial multiple mediation model among MIS students.

ABSTRACT: This study explores the factors that influence women's career decisions in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector, as perceived by women Management Information Systems (MIS) students. It examines how career optimism (CO) and perceived employability (PE) affect the link between irrational beliefs about employment (IB) and career decisiveness (CD). The study involved 232 female students from ICT-related programs in Turkey. Data were collected using four different scales and analyzed for accuracy and connections between factors. To prevent the effects of common method bias, Harman's single-factor test was used, followed by an analysis of mediation effects. Results showed that women students' IB about employment negatively impacted their CD. CO helped mediate this effect.

SUBMITTER: Akar N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11661593 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature