WHAT IS THE PERCEPTION OF ECONOMICS STUDENTS ABOUT A CAREER IN SALES?

Vlad Diaconescu ()
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Vlad Diaconescu: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

Cactus - The tourism journal for research, education, culture and soul, 2019, vol. 1, issue 1, 12-21

Abstract: Students’ perception regarding a career in sales has long been studied, especially in the US, but with fewer studies in Europe. There is less research in Romania. The present paper questions students from five faculties within the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, the number of valid answers being 167. The main research results show that although they do not have a negative perception on the field, as it was generally indicated by the previous studies carried out in the Anglo-Saxon countries, students are not very attracted to a career in sales as a first professional option. The situation changes to some extent if there is a firm job offer that many more would accept. Another important aspect is the influence of socio-demographic variables on the decision to pursue a career in sales, with particular regard to differences between boys and girls and income levels. Although in general, they believe that the subjects studied in college would be of use for them in order to work in sales, most of the students do not intend to make this professional choice. The overall conclusion of the study is that students from Bucharest University of Economic Studies do not have a deepened knowledge of the field, and the lack of interest in a sales job is the result of the unawareness of this field rather than a negative perception.

Keywords: Sales; career; students’ perception; curricula; willingness to work in sales (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L81 L84 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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