Data for: Dataset on work location choice: The perspective of graduates
Description
How to attract high skills and knowledge human resources, especially graduate students for the development of the rural region is a big question for any government. The patterns of young graduates’ move in the city or return back to rural hometown to work during the transition from universities to the labour market, are needed to be considered in a wide range of contexts. The data represents a quantitative study to assess the relationship between working location choice of graduate and its determinants in Vietnam – a developing country context. This data consists of the demographic characteristics of the sample and two main variables. First, place attractiveness with three sub-dimension including job opportunities, quality of life, and place attachment. Second, social dimension with two sub-dimension which are social norms and family supports. The data were collected using a cross-sectional questionnaire and was analysed using SPSS version 22. Analyses of the data can provide insights into determinants of return hometown to work decision that may be useful for researchers in the field to understand work place choice of graduates, for business managers who want to attract high skilled staff and for rural communities and provincial policymakers. It may serve as a reference to expand research and to develop interventions to encouraging student return back hometown to work after university graduation. The survey data file spreadsheet accompanying this article consists of 503 rows and 28 columns. Each row represents an individual's response to a questionnaire. A five-point Likert range scale was used to allow the respondents to indicate how much they agree or disagree with a particular statement, so a numerical value in the data file means the respondent level of agreement, with 5 being "strongly agree" and 1 being "strongly disagree".