<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article has theoretical-empirical character. In the theoretical part on the base of the results of cognitivecritical analysis of world literature the meaning of potential employees' connotations with a future employer was presented. The special attention was paid to the key role of these connotations in the case of an university as the employer. Universities should shape their image among young participants of outer labour market on the base of buiding the positive connotations. They can be diversified depending on the demographical features. The fact of lack of researches in this scope was underlined. So there is the cognitive and research gap. In this article the following goals were to be realized: identifying connotations with an university as the future employer among women and men; conducting the comparison of identified connotations etc. 2 research hypotheses were formulated. In the process of gaining mentioned goals and checking the both hypotheses the empirical research were realized. These research covered representatives of young potential employees. To gather the primary data the method of questionnaire survey was applied. Gathered data were analyzed statistically. The method of factor analysis was applied and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used. The results of these analyses showed that connotations of women were different from connotations of men. Statistical significance was identified in the case of positive connotations mainly.</p></abstract>

The article has theoretical-empirical character. In the theoretical part on the base of the results of cognitivecritical analysis of world literature the meaning of potential employees' connotations with a future employer was presented. The special attention was paid to the key role of these connotations in the case of an university as the employer. Universities should shape their image among young participants of outer labour market on the base of buiding the positive connotations. They can be diversified depending on the demographical features. The fact of lack of researches in this scope was underlined. So there is the cognitive and research gap. In this article the following goals were to be realized: identifying connotations with an university as the future employer among women and men; conducting the comparison of identified connotations etc. 2 research hypotheses were formulated. In the process of gaining mentioned goals and checking the both hypotheses the empirical research were realized. These research covered representatives of young potential employees. To gather the primary data the method of questionnaire survey was applied. Gathered data were analyzed statistically. The method of factor analysis was applied and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used. The results of these analyses showed that connotations of women were different from connotations of men. Statistical significance was identified in the case of positive connotations mainly.

Associations with the university as an employer — opinions of women and men representing young potential employees

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The article has theoretical-empirical character. In the theoretical part on the base of the results of cognitivecritical analysis of world literature the...

Associations with the university as an employer — opinions of women and men representing young potential employees

Published Online: Aug 14, 2018

Page range: 19 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14611/minib.28.06.2018.08

Keywords
university, employer, potential employee, associations, external image

© 2018 Agnieszka Izabela Baruk, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Associations with the university as an employer — opinions of women and men representing young potential employees

Published Online: Aug 14, 2018

Page range: 19 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14611/minib.28.06.2018.08

Keywordsuniversity, employer, potential employee, associations, external image

© 2018 Agnieszka Izabela Baruk, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
university, employer, potential employee, associations, external image