Value-based backgrounds to career motivation of Russian students: a gender perspective

The paper deals with fostering values, career motivation, and vocational guidelines among contemporary Russian students when developing a labor force. Career motivation is regarded as a pivotal factor in the structural development of human resources. The study discusses the attitudes of students differentiated by gender towards higher education. The research reveals the similarities and differences in social perception of respondents. Students' values can be precisely identified through the proxy indicators. Besides, it is possible to assess students according to the principal of the internal cohesion of the group. The research is based on empirical data obtained by the author for 2004-2018.