The challenges and experiences of employment abroad in the reflection of an empirical research

Abstract

The aim of the research is to evaluate the challenges and experiences of working abroad with the help of empirical research. The topicality of the topic is justified by the fact that employment within the Union has been extremely popular since Hungary joined the European Union. In addition to the higher income, many other factors are likely behind this, and we used a large-scale questionnaire to explore them. In addition to the reasons for employment, we also scrutinized aspects that apply to the duration of the stay abroad and the aspects of choosing a job abroad. In the study, we also considered it important to demonstrate the influencing role of education, age, and marital status. Our empirical research was preceded by an in-depth study of the literature on the research topic, which, in addition to the catalogs of our country's libraries, was greatly assisted by various databases found on the Internet. In the next phase of our research, we formulated research questions and hypotheses aimed at whether age, education, family status significantly influence the willingness to work abroad, and which countries are the most popular among the target areas, and whether they are located within or outside the European Union away. To answer our research questions, we used the one-factor analysis of variance and the cross-tabulation analysis of stochastic relationships from among the mathematical-statistical methodologies. The analysis was performed with the SPSS statistical program at a significance level of 5%. The results prove that there is a significant, moderately strong correlation between age and willingness to work abroad. A close relationship can be shown between the place of employment abroad and the willingness to work. 65% of the respondents would take up a job abroad, and 64% of them indicated the European Union as the destination for employment. There is no significant correlation between education and the type of work performed abroad, even those with a higher education are willing to work in occupations that do not require a diploma. In addition, a higher proportion of people living in a relationship would take up work abroad than single people.