Original scientific paper
Professional and Life Aspirations of Students at the University of Zagreb
Vlasta Ilišin
; Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Croatia
Dunja Potočnik
orcid.org/0000-0003-1256-2660
; Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This article analyses life and professional aspirations of students and how willing they are to leave the country and perhaps go abroad and for what reasons. In consistence with the results of world research about the young people, including students, our research shows
that on a personal level they mostly wish to start a family and professionaly they wish to build a career. Most students agree that economic and personal problems, administrative barriers, bad political situation and corruption stand in the way of their ambitions. About one half of interviewed students think about going abroad primarily for professional reasons: they want better working conditions, higher appreciation of their work, professional
improvement. Students’ attitudes do not vary significantly: if so, differences are related to their various fields of study or, in some cases, they are gender related.
Keywords
students; ambitions; professional and life aspirations; obstacles; going abroad
Hrčak ID:
31809
URI
Publication date:
2.2.2009.
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