Conceptual Review of a Predictive Model of Intention to Choose an Information and Communication Technology Study Program through the Integration of Social Cognitive Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Study of Senior High School and Vocational Hi

Abstract

The decision of high school and vocational school students to choose an information and communication technology (ICT) study program is influenced by psychological, social, and cognitive factors. Integrating Social Cognitive Theory with the Theory of Planned Behavior provides more comprehensive framework for explaining how self efficacy, career expectations, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control shape students' intentions to enroll in information and communication technology programs. This review aims to analyze the literature by presenting a conceptual forecasting model and combines Social Cognitive Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior to elucidate the purpose of senior high school and vocational high school students to select an ICT study program. The researcher utilizes a qualitative methodology specifically conducting a literature study. The approach of a literature review often restricts its focus to library resources including books, academic journal articles, and research reports. Relevant literature was systematically identified through academic databases and selected based on its theoretical and contextual relevance to the main constructs namely self efficacy, career expectations, attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control, and intention. Selected studies analysed using qualitative descriptive techniques and conceptual synthesis to explain the relationships between these variables and to construct an integrated conceptual framework.