Career Preference of University Students: An Application of MCDM Methods
Mehmet Pekkaya, AI Iacob
proceeding (Uluslararası, Hakemli) | Yazar(lar): Mehmet Pekkaya, AI Iacob | Yıl: 2015 | Dergi/Kurum: 2ND GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM | İndeks: WOS.ISSHP | DOI: 10.1016/s2212-5671(15)00486-4 | Anahtar Kelimeler: Multi criteria decision making, TOPSIS, VIKOR, PROMETHEEE, Career prefer
Since numerous criteria exist, appropriate career selection issue can be thought as a multi criteria decision making (MCDM) problem. The aim of this study is to show that career selection can be carried out via MCDM methods and to compare ordering results of these methods. In this study, a survey is administered to a university students. In application, eight professions are comparatively ranked via some MCDM methods. According to Spearman rank correlation coefficients, multi criteria grading model and PROMETHEE ordering results are almost same also in terms of differing demographical properties, but VIKOR is changing when regret weight changes (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.