Prestige of Occupation versus Age and Educational Structure of Workers in Agriculture in the Czech Republic

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Prestige of Occupation versus Age and Educational Structure of Workers in Agriculture in the Czech Republic

Original language description

The future influx of young workers into a certain industry is influenced by several factors, including the industry’s attractiveness or the profession’s prestige, the population’s demographic structure and the number of graduates of educational fields in a given industry. The agricultural sector suffers from an unfavourable age workforce structure and a lower interest in working there. These aspects bring the risk of rural depopulation or a reduction in competitiveness due to a lower willingness to innovate. The image of Czech agriculture as an employer plays an important role in choosing a profession. The main goal of the contribution was to assess the development of the Czech public’s opinions on the prestige of selected types of occupations, with special attention to the occupation of a private farmer, through statistical analysis. Prestige, in this sense, shows the degree of esteem, power, and influence that an individual receives and that is demonstrated to him by others in connection with the performance of a given profession. Long-term research on the prestige of a profession shows that in the ranking of a selected profession’s prestige, the first position has been occupied by doctors: mostly with a gap of more than ten points ahead of the following professions (scientists, nurses, teachers). This group is followed in 6th to 10th place by professions, including a private farmer whose prestige has slightly increased in recent years. Overall, the prestige ranking of professions shows little variability over time. The profession's financial evaluation and power status are important; however, they are only partial criteria for the order and the prestige people attribute to individual professions. Characteristics such as social usefulness, demandingness and responsibility of a certain profession play a significant role in the evaluation of the prestige of a profession. Employment in agriculture has been declining for a long time as qualification requirements in the industry are increasing, generational change in agriculture is not going well, and the workforce in agriculture will continue to age, mainly because of the demographic development in the Czech Republic. The outflow of workers and the ageing of the workforce is and will be a significant problem for Czech agriculture. It is necessary to increase the attractiveness and prestige of professions in agriculture, especially among Generation Z.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

PROCEEDINGS - of the 32nd International Scientific Conference Agrarian Perspectives XXXII. Human Capital and Education in Agriculture

ISBN

978-80-213-3309-3

ISSN

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e-ISSN

2464-4781

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

198-213

Publisher name

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Faculty of Economics and Management

Place of publication

Prague, Czech Republic

Event location

Prague

Event date

Jan 1, 2023

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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