ARE THERE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENTS IN VOCATIONAL INTEREST WITH REGARD TO GENDER?

The aim of this study is to reveal the differences between Management and Physiotherapy students with regard to gender. It was expected that women will score higher in pro-social and methodical interests and men in technical. Due to specific work environment, it was expected that students of Physiotherapy will be more pro-social and will score lower in leadership type compared to students of Management. The study encompassed 393 students of Management (n = 128) and Physiotherapy (n = 265), including 221 women (56%) and 172 men (44%). The study was conducted by means of The Vocational Potential Inventory by Ochnik, Stala, & Rosmus (2016) featuring five types of vocational preferences: Pro-social, Leadership, Creative, Technical, and Methodical. The results of two-way ANOVA showed significant although small effect in leadership vocational interests, with students of Management scoring higher in this type of interests. The pro-social, creative, technical and methodical types were no differ due to the field of study. The significant gender effect was found in pro-social, leadership, technical and methodical types of vocational interests. Women scored higher in pro-social type but men in leadership, technical and methodical vocational interests. The results only partly confirmed hypotheses. The study revealed that students of Physiotherapy are no more pro-social than students of Management but students of Management have stronger leadership vocational interests.