Abstract

SILVA-GUTIERREZ, Blanca-Noemí  and  CRUZ-GUZMAN, Ulises-Osbaldo De la. Analysis of the psychosocial factors of working students. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2017, vol.8, n.15, pp.923-945. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v8i15.327.

As current economic conditions demand more specialized laborers, young people often invest in professional training that requires them to work while completing their studies, to gain the experience needed for the highly competitive job market they will soon enter. The present investigation studies the job characteristics and attitudes of the student population at a topic center at the University of Guadalajara. The objective was to determine the characteristics of the students’ paid jobs and the psychosocial aspects of their work environment. A cross-sectional quantitative cut-off methodology was used, with a nonparametric statistical technique using qualitative variables. The sample group was composed of undergraduate students at the aforementioned university, and the study was conducted in the second semester of 2015. The analysis was carried out in two stages, the first identifying job insecurity and issues such as salary, daily work schedule, social benefits, and employment contracts. In the second stage, the psychosocial dimension is analyzed as it relates to work salary.

Keywords : College students; professional development; psychosocial factors; working conditions; statistical analysis.