Is It Worth for Bachelor Graduates to Diversify Study Programme for Master Level?

Autor/inn/en	Balogh, Gábor; Sipos, Norbert
Titel	Is It Worth for Bachelor Graduates to Diversify Study Programme for Master Level?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Management, 34 (2020) 9, S.1387-1401 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Balogh, Gábor) ORCID (Sipos, Norbert)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-354X
DOI	10.1108/IJEM-01-2020-0020
Schlagwörter	College Graduates; Graduate Students; Bachelors Degrees; Masters Degrees; Specialization; Majors (Students); Career Development; Career Change; Decision Making; Labor Market; Salaries; Employment Potential; Time; Business Administration Education; Economics Education; Foreign Countries; Hungary + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung; Berufsentwicklung; Career changes; Berufswechsel; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Zeit; Wirtschaftskunde; Ausland; Ungarn
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to add supplement to the theory of human capital with a less researched aspect--diversification possibilities of the professional profile. Our empirical analysis tested the research question, whether there is a significant difference between diversificational and specialist career strategies in the BA-MA transition based on labour market data on salaries and time of getting employment. Design/methodology/approach: Present study analyses data from the Graduate Career Tracking System from 2011 to 2015 and the Integrated Administrative Databases from 2017. Graduates of master's courses were divided and compared in three groups: generalists, specialists and field changers. To evaluate career strategies the measurement of success was based on salaries and the time taken to get jobs. Findings: The analysis showed that there are visible differences between the results of the three groups regarding factors of employment, so at the time of reaching the absolutorium a lower rate of major subject changers are employed, while field changers get jobs significantly faster. Based on net salaries we could not reveal a difference between major subject retainers and changers, while field changers earn significantly more. Practical implications: Specialists (major subject retainers) have jobs that match with their degree and specialty outstandingly, field changers have notably weaker matches, while major subject changers differ only minimally. Considering this it may be due to distorted perception that specialists think the least that their master's studies are essential for the proper execution of their jobs. Originality/value: In the literature review we found a research gap--Although there is a large number of excellent works analysing the effects of education on wages (salary curve) and career, but only a few of them investigates the impact of the professional portfolio (diversification or specialisation). The novelty of our research is that we developed a new methodology to test this question on example of the Hungarian students of business and economics focused. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01