Factors that influence carreer choice in Colombia: industrial engineering as case study

This paper analyzes the influence of the offer expansion on technical and technological careers, salary expectations, and college reputation in the decision to choose a professional career. The study focused on the Industrial Engineering program using secondary information on salaries, population, a...

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Autores:
Morales Piñero, Juan Carlos
Ramírez, José Daniel
Cordero Saez, Nestor Orlando
Tipo de recurso:
Part of book
Fecha de publicación:
2019
Institución:
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Repositorio:
Repositorio U. Sergio Arboleda
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.usergioarboleda.edu.co:11232/1487
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/11232/1487
https://doi.org/10.22518/book/9789585511798/ch08
Palabra clave:
Educación superior – Innovaciones tecnológicas
Innovaciones educativas
Tecnología de la información
Métodos de enseñanza
Carreer choice
industrial engineering
salary expectations
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 CO)
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Summary:This paper analyzes the influence of the offer expansion on technical and technological careers, salary expectations, and college reputation in the decision to choose a professional career. The study focused on the Industrial Engineering program using secondary information on salaries, population, and number of enrollees. The analysis period covers the years 2007-2015. The main conclusions show that although there are no significant differences in the salaries of recent graduates of industrial engineering, those from more expensive universities tend to earn salaries significantly higher over time. Large investments, necessary to complete professional studies, make return rates much lower than for the rest of universities.