Influence of Person-Vocation Fit on Satisfaction and Persistence in Vocational Training Programs

Abstract

Positive effects of person-environment fit on job satisfaction and persistence are well documented. However, little is known about the consequences of person-vocation (P-V) fit for vocational education and training (VET). Using data from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), we examine the influence of selected P-V fit indicators (educational match, interest congruence, skill congruence) on training satisfaction and premature contract termination (PCT) for 4,097 trainees in VET. We find that most P-V incongruences do not lead to negative consequences. Training satisfaction is not affected by interest congruence and skill congruence. However, moderate overeducation (intermediately qualified adolescents working in occupations with high shares of low-qualified trainees) enhances training satisfaction. For PCT, there is a general effect of undereducation; undereducation increases the probability of PCT independent of educational qualification for the occupation. PCT is not affected by skill congruence and only for Realistic interests, congruence with the vocational environment reduces PCT probability. © © 2022 Michaelis and Findeisen.

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vocational education and training (VET) job satisfaction Transition from School to Work Person-vocation fit interest congruence premature contract termination

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Author Affiliations

Business and Economics Education, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Chair of Business Education and Human Resource Development, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Gottingen, Niedersachsen, Germany

Funding & Acknowledgements

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF

This manuscript uses data from the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS): Starting Cohort Grade 9, doi: 10.5157/NEPS:SC4:10.0.0. From 2008 to 2013, NEPS data was collected as part of the Framework Program for the Promotion of Empirical Educational Research funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). As of 2014, NEPS is carried out by the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) at the University of Bamberg in cooperation with a nationwide network.

Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe, LIfBi

This manuscript uses data from the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS): Starting Cohort Grade 9, doi: 10.5157/NEPS:SC4:10.0.0. From 2008 to 2013, NEPS data was collected as part of the Framework Program for the Promotion of Empirical Educational Research funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). As of 2014, NEPS is carried out by the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) at the University of Bamberg in cooperation with a nationwide network.

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Influence of Person-Vocation Fit on Satisfaction and Persistence in Vocational Training Programs

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