Balancing the Spheres of Life During Professional Economic Education
https://doi.org/10.35854/1998-1627-2020-8-886-900
Abstract
Aim. The presented study aims to determine the key employment parameters that allow bachelor’s and master’s degree students to combine work with professional education in the optimal way and help people enrolled on further professional education to maintain a balance between work and family functions.
Tasks. The authors analyze surveys of bachelor’s and master’s degree undergraduates and graduates of continuing professional education (CPE) programs of the Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU).
Methods. This study uses general logical methods: dialectical, logical, comparative, and systems analysis; methods of sociological research, including public surveys.
Results. The authors identify major employment characteristics that help working students maintain high academic performance and positively affect the work-family balance of older people receiving further professional education.
Conclusions. Increased flexibility of the labor market in the form of more part-time job offers could make a significant contribution to maintaining and improving the quality of training of students who combine work and studies, which is especially relevant for bachelor’s degree students. Diversifying the available forms of employment can positively affect the decision to gain intitial professional experience while studying at the university. Due to the development of remote employment, the forms of occupation available to students need to be further studied in detail.
About the Authors
O. A. Zolotina
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ol'ga A. Zolotina - Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor of the Department of Labor and Personnel Economics.
1-46 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
M. A. Serpukhova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mariya A. Serpukhova - Assistant of the Department of Labor and Personnel Economics.
1-46 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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Zolotina O.A., Serpukhova M.A. Balancing the Spheres of Life During Professional Economic Education. Economics and Management. 2020;26(8):886-900. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.35854/1998-1627-2020-8-886-900
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