Job mobility for graduates in Botswana

Abstract

Abstract Various reasons have been given concerning the need for job mobility as an essential aspect in a job career. Some of these reasons are: matching workers with the number of jobs available, increasing income, boosting status and achieving job satisfaction. In the present study, we examined job mobility among graduates from the University of Botswana in southern Africa. It was found that the number of job-changes was related to the number of years spent in government employment (graduates who had worked longer having changed jobs more frequently), and this aspect of job-change seemed to have enhanced job satisfaction; graduates who had their first employment in private companies were content to stay there whereas graduates who had started in government had a tendency to move out to positions in parastatal organizations or private companies. Upward job mobility occurred to a small extent only, and job stability was a more dominant factor in the working experience of graduates in Botswana. This phenom...