Incorporating International Business: Suggestions for College Instruction

Swenson, Russell G.

doi:10.1080/00221348608979015

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“…companies. As a second world country (Kwon, 2017;Swenson, 1986), Romania has got a couple of characteristics that make it prone for underemployment: market inefficiencies (Dragotă, Mitrică, 2004) and standardized labor procedures. Over the past decade, multinational businesses have increased their foreign direct investments in Romania, relocating their businesses from abroad in order to enjoy the benefits of cheaper labor and lower taxes (Bellak, Leibrecht, 2009;Carstensen, Toubal, 2004;Hanzl-Weiß, 2004;Smith et al, 2002).…”

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The Influence of Education on Subjective Underemployment: Research on Multinational Corporations in Romania

Roşca¹,

Teposu²

2018

RMCI

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The purpose of this research was to investigate what effects demographics, in general, and education, in particular (independent variables x), had on the subjective underemployment (dependent variable y) of corporate employees in Romania. A Likert Scale survey questionnaire was administered to 110 employees of multinational businesses operating in Romania during February and May 2018, asking respondents to assess to what extent they felt they were underemployed. Answers were then correlated with the demographic regressors. Perceptions of underemployment were influenced by education (p = 0.006), though not by other variables such as age or marital status. Results invalidate the Null Hypothesis and reveal that subjective underemployment is being manifested on the Romanian corporate labour market, touching base with previous researches in the area, showing that the higher the level education, the greater the chances of perceived underemployment to occur. At the same time, the research addresses ways to combat underemployment, such as increasing self-esteem levels, re-designing the educational system or life-long learning.

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