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Motivation for a Double Occupation
Edhem Dilić
Sažetak
The subject of this work is to
establish the circumstances under
which certain people decide on a
double occupation, i.e. on the
socio-professional status of the
part-time worker. It presents the
results of empirical research work
carried out in 4,339 part-time
households and households of
peasants-workers from 151
Yugoslav settlements, by the
Centre for Rural, Urban and
Spacial Sociology of the Institute
for Social Research of Zagreb
University (1976—1977).
In the introduction the author
deals with present Yugoslav and
foreign theory and research
results on types of motivation
that make people have another
occupation in addition to work in
agriculture, which is as a rule
outside the primary sector and
their own farm. Regardless of
whether their motivation is the
improvement of their economic
standing, necessity or biosocial
adaption (according to D. Alleger),
it is certain that the value
orientation of the individual
towards agriculture comes to
expression in the process of
deciding. Most authors consider
that motivation is as a rule
psychological and intellectual in
cases when the external activity is
of a supplementary nature, while
the motivation to get employed
outside the farm for those
peasants-workers whose work in
agriculture is complementary is
primarily based on economic
necessity.
In this research some selected
peasants-workers were asked why
they got employed outside the
farm, and what are the basic
reasons why they nevertheless
retained their farms. Persons who are at present employed
exclusively in agriculture, but live
on part-time farms, were asked why
they decided to work only in
agriculture, and did not get a job.
Analysis showed that the basic
motives of part-time workers for
a double occupation are: the
general advantages of employment
outside agriculture, in the first
place social security because of a
regular income, and compulsory
retirement, disability, and health
insurance and lower costs of
living because of cheaper food
grown on their own farm, and
because they do not have to pay
any rent. Most of the exclusive
farmers remained on the family
farms only because they had no
choice. The basic negative factors
of remaining in agriculture are the
following: no conditions for
leaving agriculture, i.e. for
acquiring a double
socio-professional status. Only
exceptionally are some positive
factors of chosing an agricultural
occupation mentioned.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
119425
URI
Datum izdavanja:
10.12.1980.
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