Earning or Learning - the Dilemma for Generation Y
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F44555601%3A13510%2F19%3A43894832" target="_blank" >RIV/44555601:13510/19:43894832 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://library.iated.org/view/REISSOVA2019EAR" target="_blank" >https://library.iated.org/view/REISSOVA2019EAR</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2019" target="_blank" >10.21125/edulearn.2019</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Earning or Learning - the Dilemma for Generation Y
Original language description
Today's undergraduates belong to a generation that is often referred to as millennials, or even Generation Y. This generation has a number of distinctive features, such as the use of information and communications technology (ICT) since early childhood. However, they may have some difficulty entering the labor market. In recent years, the number of undergraduate students who are working during their studies has been steadily increasing. Not only is the number of working students rising but also the extent of their involvement. Some students work only a few hours a week, some even full time. The aim of this article is to find out whether there are differences in attitudes to studies among the working students. Based on the Mann-Whitney U Test and the Kruskal-Wallis test, it was shown that there are statistically significant differences (n = 333) according to the level of university studies. The undergraduate students (i.e. the first to the third year of studies) are more likely to claim they work but only after school. The school and their studies remain a priority. On the other hand, for the students of a Master's degree (that is, the fourth and the fifth year of studies) the primary motivation is to gain experience during their studies so that they do not have a problem getting a job later. Master's students also claim more often that they work because they learn more at work than they learn at school. Some of the previously published studies have shown some concerns that involvement in work could negatively affect the successful completion of university studies. However, the findings of this study show that the students are not afraid of study failures in this context. The optimistic expectation of successful completion of their studies is statistically significantly higher among students of master's degree.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50204 - Business and management
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
EDULEARN19 Proceedings
ISBN
978-84-09-12031-4
ISSN
2340-1117
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
8893-8900
Publisher name
IATED
Place of publication
Španělsko
Event location
Palma, Spain
Event date
Jul 1, 2019
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
000553304903072