Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify factors influencing job choice decisions in state-owned enterprises (SOEs), basing on researches developed by Timothy A. Judge and colleagues [3, [4], [5], [10] , David G. Allen, Raj V. Mahto and Robert F. Otondo [7], Levon T. Esters and Blannie E. Bowen [8]. Results are based on data surveyed on 253 job-seeker participants who graduated from junior colleges, universities or postgraduate programs in HCM City and have the intention to pursue employment in a state-owned company. The results indicated 8 main factors influencing job choice decisions in the state-owned enterprises including training and promotional opportunities, organizational prestige and brand, person-organisation fit, pay levels, pay systems, policies and working environment, policies and information recruitment, parents and friends. All key factors had significant positive relationship with job choice decisions in state-owned enterprises at the statistically significant level of 5%. Research models accounted for 47,9% for the overall dependence of the eight above-mentioned factors on job choice decisions in state-owned enterprises.