Benito Hernández, SoniaLópez-Cózar Navarro, CristinaPriede Bergamini, Tiziana2024-07-052024-07-052024Benito-Hernández, S., López-Cózar-Navarro, C., & Priede-Bergamini, T. (2024). Determining factors that influence job expectations of university students in the agri-food and biosystems area. Economics & Sociology, 17(1), 117-131. https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2024/17-1/82071-789Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11268/12941This paper analyzes the factors that affect the creation of job expectations of university students who pursue different degrees within the area of agri-food and biosystems in Spain. The objective is to establish a theoretical model that would allow for contrast analysis in future works. A review of previous literature on the topic, as well as a field study with a survey of 246 students, have been conducted to this end. The survey defined the different sociological, economic and motivational characteristics that could affect students` job expectations. A contrast of non-parametric statistics and Pearson's Chi-Square correlation test was applied to the analysis. The obtained results show that there are 5 main factors that affect the creation of job expectations of young university students: (1) economic stability, (2) characteristics of the job, (3) personal and formative maturity, (4) family influences, and (5) job satisfaction within the workplace.engAtribución 4.0 Internacionalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/journal article10.14254/2071-789X.2024/17-1/8open accessSociología económicaEmpleo de jóvenesEstudiante universitarioGoal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all