Volontiranje mladih u Hrvatskoj: doprinosi li volontiranje mladih njihovoj konkurentnosti na tržištu rada?

undergraduate thesis

• Title (english): Volunteering of youth in Croatia: Does volunteering of young people contribute to their competitiveness in the labor market?
• Author: Marijana Bokun
• Mentor: Danijel Baturina (mentor)
• Committee member: Danijel Baturina (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marijana Majdak (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Zdenko Babić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Law; (Social policy); (Introduction to Social Policy); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-09-25, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Activities; Specific Areas of Social Work

Abstract

U ovom radu pokušava se odgovoriti na pitanje povezanosti volontiranje i konkurentnosti mladih na tržištu rada u Hrvatskoj. Odnosno, može li se volontiranje koristiti kao mehanizam lakšeg prijelaza iz obrazovnog sustava na tržište rada i time doprinijeti njihovoj konkurentnosti neposredno izlaska iz sustava obrazovanja. Poslodavci kroz upitnike i ankete napominju nedostatak iskustva kao najveću zapreku pri zapošljavanju mladih osoba. Obzirom na nedostatak praktičnih programa tijekom obrazovanja i mehanizama koji će omogućiti stjecanje iskustva u svrhu lakšeg zaposlenja u Hrvatskoj, volontiranje se čini kao način stjecanja iskustva. Nekoliko istraživanja pokazuju kako volontiranje dugoročno doprinosi „individualnoj zapošljivosti“ time što povećava znanje, vještine, samopoštovanja, mentalno i tjelesnog zdravlja i dobrobit. Isto tako imamo neusklađenost obrazovnog sustava s potrebama tržišta. Dok brojna istraživanja i samo-procjene volontera pokazuju kako se određenim volonterskim programima stječu organizacijske, komunikacijske i dr. vještine, iskustvo rada i širi socijalna mreža koja može doprinijeti pronalasku zaposlenja, longitudinalna istraživanja pokazuju kako postoji mala pa čak i negativna korelacija volontiranja i ishoda zapošljavanja. Postoji nedostatak empirijskih dokaza na području Hrvatske kojim bi se sa sigurnošću mogla potvrditi ili odbaciti postavljena hipoteza. Kako bi se pouzdano mogao utvrditi doprinos volontiranja na konkurentnosti mladih, odnosno njihovu zapošljivost u Hrvatskoj, potrebna su daljnja istraživanja koja bi specifično istražila to pitanje. U ovom radu dajemo analize i pregled literature koja bi mogla poslužiti kao okvir za takvu analizu.

Abstract (english)

This paper tries to discover the linkage between volunteering and youth employability and/or competitiveness in the labor market in Croatia. Or, can volunteering be used as a mechanism for facilitating the transition from the education system to the labor market and thereby contributing to their employability and / or competitiveness immediately after leaving the education system. Employers through questionnaires and surveys note lack of experience as the biggest barrier to youth employment. Given the lack of practical programs in education and the mechanisms that will enable the acquisition of experience for the purpose of easier employment in Croatia, volunteering seems to be a way of gaining experience. Several studies show that volunteering in the long run contributes to "individual employability" by increasing knowledge, skills, self-esteem, mental and physical health and well-being. Similarly, we have a mismatch between the educational system and the needs of the market. While many volunteer researches and self-evaluations show that certain volunteering programs acquire organizational, communicative and other skills, work experience and a wider social network that can contribute to finding employment, longitudinal research shows that there is a small and even negative correlation between volunteering and employment outcomes. There is a lack of empirical evidence on the territory of Croatia that could safely confirm or reject the hypothesis. In order to reliably determine the contribution of volunteering to the employability and/or competitiveness of young people in Croatia, further research is needed to specifically address this issue. In this paper, we provide analysis and review of literature that could serve as a framework for such an analysis.

• Keywords: Ključne riječi: Mladi; zapošljivost; volontiranje; tržište rada; neformalno obrazovanje
• Keywords (english): Key words: Youth; employability; volunteering; labor market; informal education
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:199:997800
• Study programme: Title: Social Work; Study programme type: university; Study level: undergraduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) socijalnog rada (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) socijalnog rada)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Closed access
• Created on: 2018-09-25 09:46:04