Career motivation in the process of state regulation of youth employment

Stativka, Natalya (author), Batiuk, Anna (author)

Purpose: The main objective of the study is to find new methods for the state promotion of career motivation in the process of providing youth employment. Design/Methodology/Approach: To accomplish the research objectives, a set of mutually reinforcing general scientific and special research methods was used. The basic statistical analyses of unemployment rate data according to the methodology of the International Labour Organization, while the level of registered unemployment (the national indicator of the unemployment rate in Ukraine) serves as an indicator of the State Employment Service performance. Findings: A detailed analysis of career motivation theories and the technology of servicing potentially unemployed people helped justify the feasibility of applying a communicative and psychological method in employment center specialists’ work with their clients, in particular the youth. Thus, a number of measures were identified and proposed in order to better encourage employment and increase the effectiveness of career motivation. Practical Implications: In the course of the research, the development trends in the youth labour market of Ukraine were estimated, the main causes for youth unemployment were determined, and the value orientations and characteristics of modern youth were analysed. The importance of employment services focusing on effective communication with their clients to motivate them for successful employment and self-development is substantiated. The issues of young people’s migration activity, which can have a negative effect on the economic development of the country and increase the socio-demographic risks to national security, need a detailed scientific study. Originality/Value: Currently, the science of public administration does not pay due attention to the role of public institutions in providing career motivation or to the legal consolidation of the measures that motivate productive work. A vast majority of research works on professional motivation and career development were conducted by scientists from the fields of pedagogy, psychology and social economy. These works reveal the essence of pedagogical education and the peculiarities of human psychological influence, yet fail to define the role of the state as the main social institution which should lay the basis for youth development and encouragement to employment. This renders the topic of the present study relevant.

• Language: English
• Keywords: unemployment, state regulation, state support, employment, youth, career motivation, vocational guidance, labour market
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FU - Faculty of Administration
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 131-151
• Numbering: Vol. 19, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135082
• UDC: 35:331.101.3:331.5.021-053.81
• ISSN on article: 2591-2240
• DOI: 10.17573/cepar.2021.2.07
• COBISS.SI-ID: 90226947

Note

Povzetek v slov. jeziku se nahaja na koncu revije, na str. 157-158.

• Publication date in RUL: 22.02.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Central European public administration review
• Publisher: Fakulteta za upravo
• ISSN: 2591-2240
• COBISS.SI-ID: 293849600

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• Licensing start date: 30.11.2021

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Poklicna motivacija v postopku državne ureditve zaposlovanja mladih

Abstract

Namen: Glavni namen članka je opredeliti nove načine, s katerimi država spodbuja poklicno motivacijo pri zaposlovanju mladih. Zasnova/Metodologija/Pristop: Za doseganje raziskovalnih ciljev je bil uporabljen niz medsebojno dopolnjujočih se splošnih znanstvenih in posebnih raziskovalnih metod. Osnovne statistične analize podatke o stopnji brezposelnosti beležijo skladno z metodologijo Mednarodne organizacije dela, stopnja registrirane brezposelnosti (nacionalni kazalnik stopnje brezposelnosti v Ukrajini) pa služi kot kazalnik uspešnosti nacionalnega zavoda za zaposlovanje. Ugotovitve: Poglobljena analiza teorij o poklicni motivaciji in tehnologije za obravnavo potencialno brezposelnih je utemeljila izvedljivost uporabe komunikacijske in psihološke metode pri delu strokovnjakov zaposlitvenih centrov s strankami, zlasti z mladimi. Opredeljeni in predlagani so bili številni ukrepi za uspešnejše spodbujanje zaposlovanja in povečanje učinkovitosti karierne motivacije. Vpliv v praksi: V okviru raziskave so bili ocenjeni razvojni trendi na trgu dela mladih v Ukrajini, ugotovljeni so bili glavni vzroki za brezposelnost mladih ter analizirane vrednostne usmeritve in značilnosti sodobne mladine. Utemeljen je bil tudi pomen služb za zaposlovanje, ki se usmerjajo v učinkovito komunikacijo s svojimi strankami, s katero jih želijo motivirati za uspešno zaposlitev in samorazvoj. Za obravnavo migracijske aktivnosti mladih, ki lahko negativno vpliva na gospodarski razvoj države in povečuje socialno-demografska tveganja za nacionalno varnost, je potrebna poglobljena znanstvena študija. Izvirnost/Vrednost: Upravna znanost ne posveča ustrezne pozornosti vlogi javnih institucij pri zagotavljanju poklicne motivacije oziroma zakonskem utrjevanju ukrepov, ki zaposlene spodbujajo k produktivnemu delu. Veliko večino del o poklicni motivaciji in poklicnem razvoju so objavili strokovnjaki s področja pedagogike, psihologije in socialne ekonomije. Ta dela razkrivajo bistvo pedagoške vzgoje in posebnosti psihološkega vpliva človeka, ne opredeljujejo pa vloge države kot osrednje družbene institucije, ki naj bi postavila temelje za razvoj in spodbujanje zaposlovanja mladih, kar dela pričujočo študijo še posebej relevantno.

• Keywords: brezposelnost, državna ureditev, državna podpora, zaposlitev, mladi, karierna motivacija, poklicno usmerjanje, trg dela