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Decision-making on the job choice in the condition of Slovak households

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  • Jan Kollar

    (Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica)

  • Marian Kika

    (Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica)

  • Barbora Mazurova

    (Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica)

Abstract

Getting, keeping as well as changing jobs are the moments in a person’s life associated with not only the search and evaluation of the options but also with selection and decision-making. The article is one of the few in the Slovak Republic that deals with the issue of decision-making on the job choice in households, thus bringing new point of view into the knowledge about the Slovak labor market. The aim of the article is to analyse the decision-making process on the job choice of members of Slovak households and to identify the decision-making circumstances. It deals with the three selected parts of the decision-making process: the decision-making steps, the decision-making subject (decision-maker) and the decision-making circumstances. The contribution is based on the theoretical background concerned to decision-making, paid work and specific conditions of households and it draws the knowledge from the results of the original national research in more than 500 Slovak households. The primary data was collected through an anonymous survey, using a standardised anonymous questionnaire and guided interviews. Statistical sorting and descriptive statistics were used in data processing using the statistics software SPSS. The chi-square test was used to verify the representativeness of the research sample. The results show that the closer the final decision, the higher the proportion of individuals who implement decision-making actions. The most important decision-making circumstances include financial valuation, the character (difficulty) of the work and the childcare.

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  • Jan Kollar & Marian Kika & Barbora Mazurova, 2024. "Decision-making on the job choice in the condition of Slovak households," E&M Economics and Management, Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Economics, vol. 27(2), pages 16-31, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bbl:journl:v:27:y:2024:i:2:p:16-31
    DOI: 10.15240/tul/001/2024-2-002
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    Keywords

    Household; decision-making process; job choice; decision-makers; decision-making circumstances;
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    JEL classification:

    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J29 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Other
    • D19 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Other

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