Abstract
This paper fills the gap in understanding the Information Seeking Behaviour (ISB) among the postgraduate students in Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia. Specifically, the aims of this paper are to determine the information needs, to identify the main information source in ISB, and to investigate the relationship between ISB and information needs satisfaction. By using self-administered questionnaire adapted from previous researchers, some of the issues of interest were obtained. Result revealed that ISB of postgraduate students were motivated by a wide variety of information needs including the need to fulfil research requirements. Also, internet was found as the main formal source while conversation with
friends/colleagues was the main informal source used in seeking and obtaining information needed. It is worth mentioning that ISB was positively correlated with information needs satisfaction. This study could be considered as a starting point for further studies and for comparisons across faculties and disciplines in the University
particularly in social sciences disciplines pertaining to ISB of the postgraduate students.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Creators: | Creators Email / ID Num. Che Ahmat, Nur Hidayah hidayah@iastate.edu Wan Kamarudin, Wan Nor Bayah UNSPECIFIED |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > Electronic commerce Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Library Science. Information Science |
Divisions: | Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu > Dungun Campus > Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management |
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts (JTHCA) |
UiTM Journal Collections: | UiTM Journal > Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts (JTHCA) |
ISSN: | 1985-8914 ; 2590-3837 |
Volume: | 6 |
Number: | 2 |
Keywords: | information needs, information source, information needs satisfaction. |
Date: | 2014 |
URI: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20633 |
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