Revista Sociedade, Contabilidade e Gestão (Apr 2014)

College Degree, Insertion in the Job Market and Social Background: Limitations and Possibilities

  • Ana Heloísa da Costa Lemos,
  • Veranise Jacubowski Correia Dubeux,
  • Sandra Regina da Rocha-Pinto

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 48 – 64

Abstract

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The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of college education on the professional insertion of undergraduates from the Business Administration Course. In order to help achieve its objectives, a study was launched in 2007, 2008 and 2009 with business administration students that studied at a famous private university in RJ, which intended to understand the possible relation in obtaining a diploma, the social status of those who get a diploma and its insertion in the job market. The students chosen to participate at this survey were attending the last semester and different variables were taken into consideration such as socioeconomic status, parents educational level and current occupation. The study intended to identify possible differences between the opportunities to find a job among the participants with higher or lower income. The research results did not indicate that there is any difference between the two groups as possibilities of insertion in the market place, reinforcing the idea that the decisive factor in regard to social and professional insertion is related to education.

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