Employers’ Needs and Expectations for Qualified Employees (Case Study on the Opinions in One of the Regions in Latvia)
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: analys...
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2015-08-01
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| author | Sloka Biruta Kantāne Ināra Buligina Ilze Tora Ginta Dzelme Juris Buševica Regīna Buligina Alise Tora Pēteris |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7c18d543573d4e5698697b9da11bddd32025-01-02T20:16:12ZengRiga Technical University PressEconomics and Business2256-03942015-08-01271697510.1515/eb-2015-0011Employers’ Needs and Expectations for Qualified Employees (Case Study on the Opinions in One of the Regions in Latvia)Sloka Biruta0Kantāne Ināra1Buligina Ilze2Tora Ginta3Dzelme Juris4Buševica Regīna5Buligina Alise6Tora Pēteris7University of LatviaUniversity of LatviaUniversity of LatviaUniversity of LatviaUniversity of LatviaUniversity of LatviaUniversity of LatviaErasmus University RotterdamQualified, 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.https://doi.org/10.1515/eb-2015-0011educationmotivationpracticequalified workforce |
| spellingShingle | Sloka Biruta Kantāne Ināra Buligina Ilze Tora Ginta Dzelme Juris Buševica Regīna Buligina Alise Tora Pēteris Employers’ Needs and Expectations for Qualified Employees (Case Study on the Opinions in One of the Regions in Latvia) Economics and Business education motivation practice qualified workforce |
| title | Employers’ Needs and Expectations for Qualified Employees (Case Study on the Opinions in One of the Regions in Latvia) |
| title_full | Employers’ Needs and Expectations for Qualified Employees (Case Study on the Opinions in One of the Regions in Latvia) |
| title_fullStr | Employers’ Needs and Expectations for Qualified Employees (Case Study on the Opinions in One of the Regions in Latvia) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Employers’ Needs and Expectations for Qualified Employees (Case Study on the Opinions in One of the Regions in Latvia) |
| title_short | Employers’ Needs and Expectations for Qualified Employees (Case Study on the Opinions in One of the Regions in Latvia) |
| title_sort | employers needs and expectations for qualified employees case study on the opinions in one of the regions in latvia |
| topic | education motivation practice qualified workforce |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/eb-2015-0011 |
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