COVID-19 KÜRESEL SALGINININ GENÇLERİN KARİYER DEĞERLENDİRMELERİ VE DİJİTAL GİRİŞİMCİLİK NİYETLERİNE ETKİSİ: NİCEL BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, dünyayı derinden etkileyen ve çalışma ilişkilerinde önemli değişimlere neden olan COVID-19 küresel salgını öncesi ve salgın sürecindeki durumu kıyaslayarak, dijital teknolojilerin öneminin artması ve ön plana çıkmasıyla gençlerin kariyer değerlendirmeleri ve dijital girişimcilik niyetlerindeki değişimleri ortaya koymaktır. Araştırma kapsamındaki veriler, Akdeniz Üniversitesi’nin dört farklı fakültesinde okuyan 407 öğrenciden elde edilmiştir. Araştırma bağlamında dokuz hipotez geliştirilmiş ve bu hipotezlerin test edilmesinde; korelasyon analizi, bağımlı örneklem t testi, bağımsız örneklem t testi, One Way ANOVA ve yapısal eşitlik modellemesinden yararlanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçları COVID-19 öncesi döneme ilişkin gençlerin kariyer değerlendirmelerinin dijital girişimcilik niyetleri ile ilişkili olmadığını, ancak COVID-19 sürecinde kariyer değerlendirmelerinin zayıf da olsa dijital girişimcilik niyetiyle ilişkili olduğunu göstermiştir. Diğer yandan, gençlerin COVID-19 öncesine ilişkin kariyer değerlendirmeleri ile COVID-19 sürecindeki kariyer değerlendirmeleri arasında anlamlı farklılık görülmezken, dijital girişimcilik niyetlerinde anlamlı farklılık olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Yapısal eşitlik modellemesi yardımıyla gerçekleştirilen yol analizleri gençlerin COVID-19 öncesine ilişkin ve COVID-19 sürecine ilişkin bireysel kariyer değerlendirmelerinin, onların COVID-19 öncesine ilişkin ve COVID-19 sürecine ilişkin dijital girişimcilik niyetleri üzerinde anlamlı etkisinin olmadığını göstermiştir. Yapılan bu çalışma, gençlerin özellikle COVID-19 öncesine ve COVID-19 sürecine dair algıları ışığında kariyer değerlendirmeleri ve dijital girişimcilik niyetlerini birlikte ele alarak irdelemesi yönüyle özgün bir niteliğe sahiptir. Ayrıca, çalışma kapsamında alanyazına dayalı derlenen, güvenilirlik analizi, açıklayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizleri gerçekleştirilmiş olan “Gençler İçin Bireysel Kariyer Değerlendirme Ölçeği”nin daha sonra yapılacak çalışmalarda araştırmacılara yararlı olacağı düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

• Kariyer Planlama
• Kariyer Beklentileri
• Kariyer Değerlendirme
• Kariyer Farkındalığı
• Girişimcilik Niyeti
• Dijital Girişimcilik
• COVID-19 Küresel Salgını

THE EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON YOUTH'S CAREER ASSESSMENTS AND DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURAL INTENTIONS: A QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to compare the situation before and during the COVID-19 global pandemic, which deeply affected the world and caused significant changes in working life, to reveal the career assessment of young people and the changes in digital entrepreneurship intentions with the increase in the importance and prominence of digital technologies. The data within the scope of the research were obtained from 407 students studying at four different faculties of Akdeniz University. In the context of the research, nine hypotheses were developed and in testing these hypotheses; correlation analysis, paired samples t test, independent sample t test, One Way ANOVA and structural equation modeling were used. The results of the research showed that the career assessment of young people in the pre-COVID-19 period were not related to digital entrepreneurship intentions, but that career assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic were weakly related to digital entrepreneurship intention. On the other hand, while there was no significant difference between the career assessment of young people regarding the pre-COVID-19 period and the career assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was found that there was a significant difference in digital entrepreneurship intentions. Path analysis conducted with the help of structural equation modeling showed that individual career assessments of young people regarding pre-COVID-19 and the course of COVID-19 do not have a significant impact on their digital entrepreneurship intentions regarding pre-COVID-19 and during the COVID-19. This study has a unique quality in that it examines career evaluations and digital entrepreneurship intentions together in the light of young people's perceptions, especially regarding the pre-COVID-19 and during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, it is thought that the “Individual Career Evaluation Scale for Youth”, which was compiled based on the literature, and whose reliability analysis, explanatory and confirmatory factor analyzes were carried out, will be useful to researchers in future studies.

Keywords

• Career Planning
• Career Expectations
• Career Assessment
• Career Awareness
• Entrepreneurial Intention
• Digital Entrepreneurship
• COVID-19 Pandemic

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