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Aspirations and Job Success of Highly Qualified Second Generation Iranians in Germany
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2022
Abstract
This study pioneers the quantitative research of second generation Iranian graduates in Germany. Second generation immigrants in Germany, immigrants raised in Germany with at least one parent born abroad, are relevant as they are a crucial part of German society. Second generation immigrants in general as well as Iranians in particular are assumed to have high extrinsic aspirations. But a dataset big enough to study the employment situation of second generation Iranian graduates in Germany did not exist. Therefore, the article uses the KOAB dataset from 2011 to 2015, which contains data from 53,429 full-time employed higher education graduates in Germany (among those are 161 second generation Iranians). Their extrinsic job aspirations and career success (income, job satisfaction) are analyzed. Multivariate analyses reveal the higher extrinsic job aspirations of second generation Iranian graduates compared to many other migrant groups and Germans but similar to second generation Turkish graduates. Nevertheless, the extrinsic job aspiration is relevant, though only one factor among others to predict career success.
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This article is based on a paper presented at the 30th Annual Consortium of Higher Education Researchers Conference (CHER 2017 Conference), 28‒30 August 2017 in Jyväskylä, Finland. We are grateful for vivid discussions that helped this paper develop.
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