The career choice: An empirical study on socio-demographic and work motivation in higher education

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Yessy Artanti, Nindria Untarini, Widyastuti Widyastuti, Anik Lestari Andjarwati, Monika Tiarawati, Tias Andarini Indarwati, Sanaji Sanaji

2018 International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology Vol. 9 Issue 11 Article Cited by 0

Abstract

Previous studies have not fully indicated the factors which lead to individual motivation career in the private sector, government/public, and entrepreneurial intentions. The findings of previous research still focus on one of the motivating factors that can explain the career options in the public and private sectors, both only intrinsic factors such as salary and work convenience or just extrinsic motivation as a commitment to the public interest. Moreover previous studies also still using a single test that can not explain the overall socio-demographic and motivation factors that determine career choice as well in the private sector, public sector, and entrepreneurial intention. This purpose of this study was to determine the influence of sociodemographic and work motivation on student career choices in the private sector, public (government), and entrepreneurial intentions. The data collection used questionnaires methods, while the simple linear regression analysis was used as an analytical technique. Respondents in this study are the number of students in the faculty of economics on some higher education in East Java-Indonesia. The resulting study shows the students prefer entrepreneur as their career choice. © 2018 IAEME Publication.

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Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia