L’emploi et sa representation sociale par les diplomes en quete de l’emploi

Cette etude vise a determiner les contenus et les structurations des representations sociales que les diplomes, en situation de stage de responsabilite, ont de l’emploi. L’hypothese generale stipule que les demandeurs d’emploi construisent des representations sociales differenciees de l’emploi. Plus specifiquement, ces representations varient en fonction du sexe et de l’âge des demandeurs d’emploi. Ainsi, 200 demandeurs d’emploi togolais ont participe a l’etude a travers un questionnaire d’evocation. Les resultats presentent un noyau central compose de quatre elements parmi lesquels le travail occupe le premier rang. L’analyse des similitudes positionne Argent, Developpement, Travail et Competence comme elements organisateurs. Mots cles: Emploi, Representations sociales, Noyau central, Analyse de similitude English Title:  Employment and its social representation by graduates seeking for employment English Abstract This study aims to determine the contents and structuring of graduates in position of internship responsibility social representations of employment. The general hypothesis stipulate that jobseekers build different social representations of employment. Most specificly, these representations vary by jobseekers’sex and age. So, 200 togolese jobseekers took part in the study through an evocation survey. The results shows a central core with four items among which Labor is in the forefront. The analysis of the similarities positions Money, Development, Labor and Skill as the organizers items. Keywords: Employment, Social representations, Central core, analysis of similarities