Examining the Attitudes towards Further Education of Students in the Bachelor Training Programmes of Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Cseh-Papp, Imola; Varga, Erika; Juhász, Tímea
Titel	Examining the Attitudes towards Further Education of Students in the Bachelor Training Programmes of Higher Education
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Management, 37 (2023) 6-7, S.1125-1141 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Varga, Erika)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-354X
DOI	10.1108/IJEM-07-2022-0246
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Academic Aspiration; Student Attitudes; Decision Making; Employment; Graduate Study; Intention; Student Motivation; Foreign Countries; Career Choice; Hungary + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Dienstverhältnis; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Schulische Motivation; Ausland; Ungarn
Abstract	Purpose: Based on empirical data, this study investigates the intention of BA/BSc students in higher education to either pursue their studies or start working. Design/methodology/approach: This paper analyses how students' attitudes towards higher education and studying (quality of undergraduate education and performance in higher education), as well as the intention to meet labour market needs, influence the decision of pursuing studies in a Master's programme. Findings: The main reason why respondents do not intend to pursue their studies is not because they do not want to work. It is primarily the acquisition of knowledge and the motivation to learn that encourages students to stay in higher education. Moreover, individual performance in Bachelor programmes has no influence on the decision made by students to study or work after graduation. Research limitations/implications: As for the limitations of the study, the authors have to mention that although the survey is based on data from a single country, the similarity of the international and Hungarian previous research results suggests that similar results would have been obtained in an international sample. Furthermore, the impact of the current ongoing epidemic on the further learning of young people in tertiary education at primary level could not be investigated by the authors. Practical implications: The bivariate logistic regression results show that the correlation between secure job placement in a field of study and the quality of education is not significant. Furthermore, students are primarily motivated by the desire to learn and acquire knowledge. The reasons can therefore be explored based on the analysis of more detailed data, which could be the subject of a subsequent study. Originality/value: The authors conducted their research in Hungarian higher education at seven universities between 2019 and 2020 to determine the influencing factors of career choice decisions, the degree of students' satisfaction with their selected course, their attitude towards higher education and learning, their job opportunities after graduation and the extent to which their decision is made according to their labour market orientation. Although the study relies on data from a single nation, the similarity between the findings of previous international (Hovdhaugen and Ulriksen, 2021; Sikyr et al., 2019); and Hungarian (Berezvai, 2022; Kiss and Varga, 2022) research suggests that an international sample would have produced similar results. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01