Uncertainty, Technology Use, and Career Preparation Self-Efficacy

Abstract

Using the Theory of Managing Uncertainty and the Technology Acceptance Model, this study examined how college students’ technology use for career exploration relates to career preparation self-efficacy. Findings indicated uncertainty is unrelated to frequency of technology use for career exploration, and competing information-seeking motives had little relationship to technology use. However, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of LinkedIn, SNS, and job boards significantly predicted participants’ frequency of use for career exploration. Perceived ease of use of technologies also significantly predicted participants’ career preparation self-efficacy. However, frequency of LinkedIn use was the only technology to predict career preparation self-efficacy.