(P. Szulc-Fischer)
The aim of this section of the study was to specify the influence of factors deter-mining interest in a particular job. In order to characterise these elements better, students were asked to express their opinions on seven factors:
1. For me, the most significant factor in choosing a job is remuneration.
2. For me, the most significant factor in choosing a job is convenient non-financial employment conditions.
3. For me, the most significant factor in choosing a job is atmosphere and colleagues .
4. For me, the most significant factor in choosing a job is the general opinion on the company.
5. For me, the most significant factor in choosing a job is the distance from my place of residence.
6. For me, the most significant factor in choosing a job is the possibility of being promoted quickly.
7. I will take any job after I graduate, even though the conditions may be unattractive.
Based on the answers average values, factors which are considered the most important by a given group have been identified. The most important conclu-sions have been presented in Table 9.
The responses obtained indicate that the factor of For me, the most significant factor in choosing a job is remuneration was mostly indicated as significant by men (average of 3.54). For the sake of comparison – an average value for women’s re-plies was at 3.46. T statistic values show that the differences obtained are not statis-tically significant (t = 0.52, p = 0.60). It is also worth noticing that the question: For
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me, the most significant factor in choosing a job is convenient non-financial employment conditions was positively answered by women, as opposed to men. All students, irrespective of gender, considered atmosphere and colleagues significant factors.
Table 9. Men’s and women’s replies concerning job expectations Factor
General opinion on the company X X
Distance from the place of residence X X
Possibility of being promoted
quickly X X
A job consistent with qualifications, even though the conditions may be
unattractive X X
*answers average: poor <1 ; 2.50>, neutral (2.50 ; 3.50>, strong (3.50 ; 5>
Source: Own elaboration.
Moreover, it is worth noticing that for the majority of men the most signifi-cant factor in choosing a job is the possibility of being promoted quickly (aver-age of 3.57). Women’s aver(aver-age, on the other hand, was at 3.29 showing statisti-cally significant discrepancies between the responses (t = 2.13, p = 0.03).
Table 10. Master’s and Bachelor’s degree students’ responses concerning job expectations Factor
General opinion on the company X X
Distance from the place of residence X X
Possibility of being promoted quickly X X
A job consistent with qualifications, even though the conditions may be
unattractive X X
*answers average: poor <1 ; 2.50>, neutral (2.50 ; 3.50>, strong (3.50 ; 5>
Source: Own elaboration.
An analysis of students’ pro-entrepreneurial attitudes and dispositions 117117 The answers, when analysed in terms of studies cycle, show that the majority of students of third grade Bachelor’s degree studies declared that remuneration was the most important factor for them when choosing a job (3.56). An average value for students of the ultimate grade of Master’s degree studies was 3.40. The difference between the groups is statistically significant (t = 1.15, p = 0.25).
There occur statistically significant differences in answers considering the second factor i.e. non-financial employment conditions. Master’s degree stu-dents (average of 3.67) stressed the importance of this factor more frequently than Bachelor’s degree students (average of 3.37).
An analysis of the results according to particular faculties, has led to an ob-servation that remuneration is especially significant for a larger group of stu-dents. This attribute was especially stressed as being important by the students of the Faculty of Biology and Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics.
It is worth stressing that people with a neutral attitude to remuneration as a pri-mary job choice determinant include students representing business disciplines.
A comparison of non-financial employment conditions and remuneration as fac-tors influencing a job choice is shown in Figure 24.
Figure 24. A comparison of non-financial employment conditions and remuneration as factors influencing a job choice
Source: Own elaboration.
The answers selected by particular faculties students show that solely the students of the Faculty of Economics (average of 3.13) and the Faculty of Biology (average of 3.33) admit having a neutral attitude towards the factor of atmos-phere at work. The remaining faculties indicated this factor as an important one.
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The question pertaining to distance from work to the place of residence di-vided the faculties under study into three groups. Distance from work is not rel-evant for the students of the Faculty of Social Sciences (average of 2.21), Faculty of Management (average of 2.39), or Faculty of Biotechnology (average of 2.44).
There was only one group i.e. the students of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics to admit that distance mattered to them in choosing a job (aver-age of 3.52). The results are presented in Figure 25.
Moreover, a significant factor for the survey participants is the possibility of being promoted quickly. This was the answer provided by the students of the Fac-ulty of Management (average of 3.61), FacFac-ulty of Law and Administration (aver-age of 3.32) and Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics (aver(aver-age of 3.85).
Figure 25. Answers of particular faculties’ students to the question: For me, the most sig-nificant factor in choosing a job is the distance from my place of residence
Source: Own elaboration.