Underemployment among Postgraduate Turkish Students

Year 2017, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 38 - 49, 31.12.2017

Brahim Bouzidani

https://doi.org/10.25203/idd.304401

Abstract

This
study is an attempt to understand the issue of underemployment among the
Turkish postgraduate students. In order to achieve its aim, the study
highlighted four main points. Firstly, the study tried to identify the main
causes of underemployment. Secondly, to characterize which of the
underemployment causes are affecting the participant more. Thirdly, identify
the consequences of underemployment on participants’ life. Lastly, to learn
more about the coping strategies that participants use to deal with negative
consequences of underemployment. A semi-structured interview
has
been used to collect data from five (5) postgraduate Turkish students. The
results showed that, there are four main causes of underemployments, which are:
income, skill, status and time-income unbalance. 

Keywords

underemployment, income, skill

Lisansüstü Eğitim Gören Türk Öğrenciler Arasında Alan Dışı İstihdam

Abstract

 Amaç : Bu çalışmanın amacı, lisansüstü eğitim gören Türk öğrenciler arasında alan dışı istihdam
sorunununun incelenmesidir. Bu amaca ulaşmak için, çalışmada dört temel nokta
öne çıkarılmıştır. Birinci nokta; alan dışı istihdama sebebiyet veren temel
nedenlerin belirlenmesi. İkinci nokta; bu nedenlerden hangilerinin ankete
katılan kişileri daha fazla etkilediğinin tespit edilmesi. Üçüncü nokta; alan
dışı istihdamın katılımcıların hayatlarında doğurduğu sonuçlarla, eksik
istihdam sonuçlarının belirlenmesi. Dördüncü ve son nokta ise; katılımcıların
bu sonuçlarla baş etmek için takip ettikleri çözüm yolları. 

Tasarım/Yöntem: Yarı yapılandırılmış mülakat 

Sonuçlar: Araştırma, alan dışı
istihdamın dört temel nedeni olduğunu ortaya koymuştur: Gelir, beceri, itibar
ve zaman-gelir dengesizliği.

Özgün Değer:

Keywords

Alan dışı istihdam, gelir, beceri

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