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dc.contributor.authorEliophotou Menon, Mariaen
dc.contributor.authorSaiti, A.en
dc.contributor.authorSocratous, Michalisen
dc.creatorEliophotou Menon, Mariaen
dc.creatorSaiti, A.en
dc.creatorSocratous, Michalisen
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T10:42:11Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T10:42:11Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.other119849241
dc.identifier.urihttps://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/37930
dc.description.abstractThe paper presents the findings of a study of the decision-making process which precedes the choice of a university in Greece. Specifically, the degree of rationality exhibited by prospective students is assessed in an attempt to provide a test for the economic approach to the explanation of human behaviour. Information search is used as an indication of rationality and measured through a survey conducted among 220 university students in the academic year 2003/2004. The findings provide weak support for the rationality postulate in that they indicate that more than 40% of respondents could not be classified as information seekers. Logistic regression analysis was used in order to identify characteristics associated with the propensity to engage in information search: high socioeconomic status students, students who perceived the decision as important, and students who had acquired information prior to the choice of a university were found to be more likely to engage in information search. The paper draws attention to the limitations of the economic rational man model of human behaviour and discusses the implications of the findings for the promotional strategy of universities. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.en
dc.sourceHigher Educationen
dc.source.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34548741880&doi=10.1007%2fs10734-006-9019-3&partnerID=40&md5=3a2c9f045a69cade43006694773c6754
dc.titleRationality, information search and choice in higher education: Evidence from Greeceen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10734-006-9019-3
dc.description.volume54
dc.description.issue5
dc.description.startingpage705
dc.description.endingpage721
dc.author.facultyΣχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / Faculty of Social Sciences and Education
dc.author.departmentΤμήμα Επιστημών της Αγωγής / Department of Education
dc.type.uhtypeArticleen
dc.description.notesCited By :16en
dc.source.abbreviationHigh.Educ.
dc.source.otherScopusen
dc.contributor.orcidEliophotou Menon, Maria [0000-0002-9235-197X]
dc.gnosis.orcid0000-0002-9235-197X


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