Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICT) attitudes and career adaptabilities (CA) o university students. In this context, data were gathered through questionnaires from 153 associate degree students in Istanbul. The questionnaire consists (1) demographic, (2) ICT attitude scale and (3) CA scale. ICT attitude scale consists of five sub-dimensions as (1) general ICT tendency, (2) information access in virtual environment, (3) hardware, (4) software and (5) communication in virtual environment. Initially, Cronbach-alpha coefficients of the scales (ICT = .884, CA = .914) were calculated in the evaluation of the findings obtained. Correlation and regression analyzes were performed to measure the relationship between the subscales of the scales and the degree of the predictions. Findings show that there is a positive correlation between ICT attitudes and career adaptabilities of students. The results of the regression analysis conducted to measure the interrelation ratios of variables show that attitudes towards ICT have a significant effect on CA. From this point of view, it can be said that the positive change of the students' attitudes towards ICT also contributed to their career adaptation ability.

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