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bakhsi A. Analysis of Situation and Barriers of Employment among Graduate Agricultural Students of Kerman University of Applied Science and Technology. jea. 2018; 4 (8) :39-50
URL: http://jea.sanru.ac.ir/article-1-164-en.html
URL: http://jea.sanru.ac.ir/article-1-164-en.html
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Extension and Education, Research Department of Socio-economic and Agricultural Extension, Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Shiraz, Iran
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The purpose of this study was investigation of the situation and the obstacles of agricultural graduates to the employment, that was quantitative research, which conducted by survey method. Statistical population include all graduates (n=280) from Kerman University of Applied Science and Technology. Required information included individual and educational data was extracted directly from education records and filling questionnaires. Finally, 188 questionnaires were analyzed, (return rate of 67.14%). Reliability of indexes was confirmed by Cronbach's Alpha (0.82- 0.90). Kruskal-Wallis test reveals that there were no meaningful differences among respondents’ view about different agricultural minor to have job, and society need to their minors. Logistic regression results showed that the variables entered in the model, including major, gender, age, type of diploma and acceptance quota could explain 32% of employment variable. After factor analysis, barriers to employment from the perspective of the respondents was categorized into individual-academic, structural-financial and traditional-cultural obstacles. These barriers in total were explained the 56.215% of the total variance.
Keywords: Employment status, employment barriers, University of Applied Science and Technology, graduate, Kerman
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
دولت و سیاست ها و قوانین و مقررات
Received: 2018/11/4 | Accepted: 2019/01/5 | Published: 2019/01/30
Received: 2018/11/4 | Accepted: 2019/01/5 | Published: 2019/01/30
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