College students increasingly use digital information resources to help them make academic and career decisions, but the effects of digital information tools on students' career exploration outcomes are not well understood. We investigate the impact of an online tool that shows the full sequence of course enrollments and the first career destination of recent graduates with matched interests. We conducted a randomized controlled experiment with 234 undergraduate students at a U.S. university to examine the tool's impact on students' career exploration outcomes, specifically their self-efficacy in academic planning for career exploration and behavioral intentions for career exploration. We did not find clear evidence that the tool increased students' self-efficacy and behavioral intentions. However, our exploratory analysis shows that the tool benefited students who were at a later stage in their career decision-making process. We also found that students' awareness of official information sources from archival student records and awareness of holistic information that combines academic and career decisions are important predictors of self-efficacy and behavioral intentions. This study presents a nuanced view of the potential of digital tools to enhance career exploration outcomes through information support. It has important implications for institutional administrators to integrate existing digital resources with traditional career services, creating a more comprehensive support system for students.

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展示学术和职业轨迹的真实例子，影响大学生的职业探索


大学生越来越多地使用数字信息资源来帮助他们做出学术和职业决策，但数字信息工具对学生职业探索结果的影响尚不清楚。我们调查了一个在线工具的影响，该工具显示了课程注册的完整顺序以及具有匹配兴趣的应届毕业生的第一个职业目的地。我们对美国一所大学的 234 名本科生进行了一项随机对照实验，以检验该工具对学生职业探索结果的影响，特别是他们在职业探索的学术规划和职业探索的行为意图方面的自我效能。我们没有发现明确的证据表明该工具提高了学生的自我效能和行为意图。然而，我们的探索性分析表明，该工具使处于职业决策过程后期的学生受益。我们还发现，学生对学生档案中的官方信息来源的认识以及对结合学术和职业决策的整体信息的认识是自我效能和行为意图的重要预测因素。这项研究对数字工具通过信息支持增强职业探索成果的潜力提出了细致入微的看法。对于机构管理者将现有的数字资源与传统的职业服务相结合，为学生创建更全面的支持系统具有重要意义。