The factors determining professional career of females from different social groups: reflexive attitude

Abstract

The article analyzes factors determining professional career of females from different social groups (convict, unemployed, those who achieved successful career). It was decided to classify the factors determining professional career into two groups: subjective - education, personal qualities; and objective - age, parents' professional career. The article deals with a scientific problem formulated in the following way: how do females from different social groups (convict, long-term unemployed and successfully working females) assess the role of personal qualities, and parents' professional career for their personal career? What factors, in females' opinion, mostly determine the professional career? The aim of the survey: to reveal the convict, long-term unemployed and successfully working females' attitude to the professional career formation factors. It was found that females' education usually correlates with their attitude to personal qualities, which may condition professional career, rather that their age. It means, education is an important factor, determining different social group females' attitude to personal qualities that are important for professional career. Personal education may be improved. Therefore, the role of educational processes becomes more important for professional career conception, professional career development and the formation of different social groups. Analyzing the attitude of successfully working, long-term unemployed and convict females to parents' professional career, statistically important differences were not found. Only one statistically important but weak correlation was found when analyzing the relation between females' education, age and the attitude to parents' professional career. It means that females' education and age more often correlates with their attitude to personal qualities, important for professional career, rather than with the attitude to parents' professional career.