Employers’ Needs and Expectations for Qualified Employees (Case Study on the Opinions in One of the Regions in Latvia)

• Authors: Biruta Sloka , Ināra Kantāne , Ilze Buligina , Ginta Tora , Juris Dzelme , Regīna Buševica , Alise Buligina , Pēteris Tora
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Qualified, loyal and motivated employees are highly demanded by employers and business promoters. The paper deals with employers’ needs and expectations for qualified and loyal employees, and investigates cooperation of employers, educators and municipalities. The following methods were used: analysis of scientific publications; focus group discussions; surveys of employers, teaching staff, students and graduates of VEI. For survey data analysis descriptive statistical analysis, non-parametric statistical test of Kruskal-Wallis and factor analysis were applied. The main findings indicate that besides professional skills and competence, social competence, motivation to work and responsibility are requested as well.

Keywords

EN

Education; motivation; practice; qualified workforce

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Economics and Business
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 69-75

Dates

published

2015-08-01

online

2015-11-05

Contributors

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Biruta Sloka

• University of Latvia

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Ināra Kantāne

• University of Latvia

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Ilze Buligina

• University of Latvia

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Ginta Tora

• University of Latvia

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Juris Dzelme

• University of Latvia

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Regīna Buševica

• University of Latvia

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Alise Buligina

• University of Latvia

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Pēteris Tora

• Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/eb-2015-0011