Career orientation of Polish and Chinese students from the perspective of national culture
Streszczenie
It is an assessment of the impact of national culture on career orientation
with regard to the identification of favored values for the career of students
of Economics in Poland and China. The characteristics of national cultures
were based on research by Hofstede and associates. Career orientation
was measured by means of a shortened version of the Career Orientation
Questionnaire (COI) developed by Schein by Igbaria and Baroudi. The study
was conducted on a group of students from Poland and China. Respondents,
regardless of their nationality, ranked individual career anchors in a similar
way, which means that almost the same values are important to them. Stability
of employment and development of competences are the most important for
them. The results, especially the opinions of Chinese students, do not confirm
in certain cases the characteristics of cultural patterns made by Hofstede and
associates, which is the basis for the supposition that national culture appears
rather as a moderator, not a reason for professional decisions. The conclusions
were based on research conducted on a small group of respondents, which
is not a basis to generalize them. Knowledge about the values important to
an individual will allow them to match better the professional development
opportunities to their needs, and prediction of their professional behavior.
For employees, it is an argument that allows them to make a decision about
further focusing on their professional development. The orientations of young
people towards their careers in culturally different countries – in Poland
and China – were identified. The association of the favored careers with
national culture was indicated, taking into account its individual dimensions.
Kolekcje
- Artykuły / Articles [16165]
Z tą pozycją powiązane są następujące pliki licencyjne: