Combining Work and Study: an empirical study of full‐time students in school, college and university∗

Lucas, Rosemary; Lammont, Norma

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“…Whether the motivation is to fund the lifestyle grown accustomed to prior to University, or to counter the rising cost of tuition fees plus living expenses, it is the monetary driver that provides the primary impetus to seek part-time employment, which broadly supports the findings reported in extant literature (Richardson et al, 2009). Yet beneath this financial motivation, lies a complex set of supplementary reasons that satisfies a more immediate need for development or selfgratification (Billet & Ovens 2007;Curtis & Shani, 2002;Davies, 2000;Lucas & Lamont 1998). …”

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“…Similarly, Lucas and Lamont (1998) and Raffe et al (1998) discuss the skills and attributes gained during part-time employment, while Mortimer et al (1996) highlight the positive influence of part-time work in providing students with an opportunity to learn useful skills. In addition, Woolmer & Hill (1990) note the important role part-time work plays in integrating young people into the workforce.…”

Section: Non-financial Benefits Of Part-time Working For Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most authors have, however, employed quantitative methods, such as surveys (see, for example Carney et al, 2005;Curtis & Shani, 2002;Lucas & Lamont, 1998;Neill et al, 2004;Richardson et al, 2009). In this study, we have adopted a qualitative approach to allow deeper interrogation and opportunities to explore issues as they emerge.…”

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Flexibility, compromise and opportunity: Students' perceptions of balancing part-time work with a full-time business degree

Evans

Gbadamosi

Richardson

2014

The International Journal of Management Education

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Amidst the growing importance of employability in higher education, this study explores and identifies the motivations behind full-time university students engaging in part-time employment during term time, how students cope with simultaneously managing the two activities and how part-time working influences their career aspirations. Semi-structured interviews are used to obtain data from a sample of 30 business degree students at a UK university.The findings confirm previous studies, that financial necessity is a primary driver of parttime work, but also reveal a complex set of supplementary reasons, that either satisfies a long-term vision, or a more immediate need for development or self-gratification. Furthermore, most students compromise the longer term benefit of study against the more immediate financial gains offered by work, resulting in an accepted lowering of academic performance as a consequence. The majority of the students did not see a connecting opportunity between their part-time work and future career, and were uncertain regarding future career direction.This study extends the use of qualitative methods in this area, which is dominated by survey research, while also extending extant findings to the career aspirations of students, which is hitherto largely unexplored.

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Flexibility, compromise and opportunity: Students' perceptions of balancing part-time work with a full-time business degree

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Richardson

2014

The International Journal of Management Education

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“…This period, beginning in their early teenage years and continuing through to their early-to mid-twenties, forms an integral part of an extended school-towork transition period most usefully conceptualised as part of a life-time ( ) learning process of transferable skills accrual Lucas & Lammont, 1998 . As in the United States, ''stop-gap'' jobs on the lower echelon of service occupations may not predicate future employment patterns.…”

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“Getting By” and “Getting On” in Service Work: Lessons for the Future of Accounting?

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Lucas²

1999

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“…The concern that working interferes with studying or results in lower marks are the most common reasons given by students for not working (Barke et al, 2000;Lucas & Lammont, 1998). More thorough research is required, however, to analyse the causes, as while some researchers attribute poor performance to the lack of time available for doing university assignments (Bozick, 2007;Staff & Mortimer, 2007), other researchers conclude that student performance is not affected -and sometimes even benefits -from working while studying because these students are more skilled at time management (Elias, 2008;Goldrick-Rab, Harris, & Trostel, 2009).…”

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Working whilst studying in higher education: The impact of the economic crisis on academic and labour market success

Sánchez-Gelabert

Figueroa

Andreu

2017

Euro J of Education

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SummaryA thorough analysis of the phenomenon of combining working and studying among university students is made using data obtained from surveys of graduates carried out four years after finishing their degrees. First, the article revises the evolution of the phenomenon over the last ten years taking the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU) labour market insertion surveys for 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014 into account. Second, the 2008 and 2014 waves are compared to analyse the impact of the economic crisis. In this case, how combining working and studying affects academic results and labour market insertion is studied, in addition to whether or not differences occur according to the educational background of the family. The evolution shows how the numbers of students that combine work and study has increased, especially among those whose parents have a low educational level. Furthermore, this increase means that lower marks are obtained and there is a greater degree of inequality in labour market insertion, depending on the educational background of the family of origin. In general, the relationship between the different variables shows how combining working and studying has negative effects on marks, but positive effects on labour market insertion, especially if the experience of work while at university is related to the studies.

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Combining Work and Study: an empirical study of full‐time students in school, college and university∗

Cited by 82 publications

References 5 publications

Flexibility, compromise and opportunity: Students' perceptions of balancing part-time work with a full-time business degree

Flexibility, compromise and opportunity: Students' perceptions of balancing part-time work with a full-time business degree

“Getting By” and “Getting On” in Service Work: Lessons for the Future of Accounting?

Working whilst studying in higher education: The impact of the economic crisis on academic and labour market success

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