Scherwin Michael Bajka
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M.A.
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Bajka
First name
Scherwin Michael
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scherwinmichael.bajka@unisg.ch
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+41 71 224 2178
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Item type:Publication, Zukunft der Arbeit: Geschlechtervergleich in der Berufsorientierung im Zeitalter der Künstlichen Intelligenz(Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2025); ; ; This study examines how young people perceive their professional future in an increasingly AI-driven world and which gender-specific differences exist. In an online survey (N = 2144) conducted in Switzerland, secondary school students assessed their AI empowerment. A vignette experiment investigated the impact of augmentation strategies on the perception of ICT careers. The results show that girls feel less empowered in dealing with AI than boys. Dialogue-oriented augmentation strategies could help make AI-related careers more attractive to young women. Educational institutions and companies could build on these insights to foster a future-oriented mindset and strengthen young people’s ability to collaborate with AI.Type:journal articleJournal:Zeitschrift für Berufs- und WirtschaftspädagogikVolume:121Issue:1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Skill requirements versus workplace characteristics: Exploring the drivers of occupational gender segregationType:journal articleJournal:Socio-Economic ReviewScopus© Citations 3 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, How Coordinated Capitalism Adapts to the Knowledge Economy: Different Upskilling Strategies in Germany and SwitzerlandThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.Type:journal articleJournal:Swiss Political Science ReviewVolume:29Issue:4Scopus© Citations 14 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, How to Reduce the IT Gender Gap in Occupational Preferences?(2024); Occupational gender segregation has seized new relevance with the increasing demand for information technology (IT) skills. A large body of research suggests that young women find occupations that rely heavily on technology less attractive, whereas those occupational attributes attract young men. In contrast, young women are likelier to choose occupations emphasizing social interaction. Most recent research using discrete choice experiments indicates that the degree to which a job relies on IT constitutes a key gender difference in occupational choices. We zoom in on this occupational attribute and add to previous research by disentangling the underlying role of individuals' understanding of IT in occupational choices. Most notably, we argue that perceptions of IT are socially constructed, which allows for different presentations of occupational tasks and skill requirements. For example, we find that young women and men associate different elements with IT. To test whether these associations can be reshaped, we employ a survey video vignette experiment. Our results suggest that young women find IT-reliant occupations more attractive if their presentation emphasizes interactive and social aspects of work rather than technical aspects. Empirically, we rely on a survey among 2,500 8 th-graders in Switzerland.Type:conference paper - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, What is broken about the dual VET system (and how it can be fixed)Dual vocational education and training (VET) systems are renowned for their strong political support, high level of private-public cooperation, and smooth transitions into the labor market. However, the expanding general education at the upper-secondary level offers employers an alternative avenue of skill provision. Along with shifting educational preferences, the need for higher technical and general skills in some jobs, and the loss of interest for manual, traditionally blue-collar occupations, general education is gaining ground at the expense of vocational training. These trends are likely to engender skill mismatch, as well as skill shortage, problems even in the context of dual VET where such issues historically have been less pertinent. In this paper, we study training firms’ concerns with the dual VET system. We explore factors predicting firms’ worry about imminent skill shortage and how it is connected to dual vocational training and use novel survey data with 2’700 Swiss training firms). We link the survey data to data on local labor markets and institutionalized educational pathways. Our study contributes to the scholarly debate on skill shortage and skills mismatch problems, showing the which problems and solutions that are specific to firms given the type of work they train for.Type:conference paper - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, To train or not to train, that is the question: Swiss firms’ training consideration in a changing skills landscape(2023-02-03); The demands of the labor market are changing rapidly and as a result, skill shortages are becoming more common across various industries. In countries with a collective skill formation system, where vocational education and training (VET) is a well-established part of the education system, firms play a crucial role in providing training and producing skills needed on the labor market. However, providing training and hiring apprentices is costly and demanding for firms, whereas the option of poaching graduates from other firms, or to hire experienced skilled workers may be more attractive. In this paper, we examine which firm types choose to opt out of, or to stay in, VET and what factors contribute to their decision. Using novel survey data from over 2’500 Swiss training firms, we identify the factors associated with likelihood of consider remaining in or leaving VET. We find that hiring difficulty being a strong factor associated with opting out, whereas low hiring selectivity, high retention rates and stronger institutional embeddedness are associated with a consideration to stay. We propose a framework that categorizes firms into four groups that inform our understanding of where the risk of opting out is high: “Selective strugglers”, the “Loyal veterans”, the “VET opportunists” and the “VET flagships”.Type:conference paper - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
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Item type:Publication, Institutional Change and Employers' Perceptions: does the Expansion of General Education Compete with VET?(2024); In knowledge economies, technological advancements have brought about new occupational skill demands. To accommodate these needs, an expansion of general education (GE) has followed across levels at the cost of dual vocational education and training (VET) tracks. However, dual VET remains a dominant educational pathway in coordination-based economies where skill formation is collectively organised, such as Switzerland. Yet, this trend challenges well-established collective action among training firms as it reshuffles their dependency on VET. In this paper, we study how different institutional settings under structural change affect training-providing firms. We explore how the regional labour market situations and the expansion of GE shape firms' perception of general education as a competitor to VET. This perception is important as it has major implications for a firm's skill acquisition strategy and how it wants institutions to adapt. We show that, by combining novel survey data (with over 2'0002,000 training firms) with labour market and educational statistics, GE expansion has no significant effect on the view of GE as a competitor; other factors primarily shape firms' perceptions.Type:conference contribution