Factors affecting the employability of private university graduates: an exploratory study on Bangladeshi employers

MS Hosain, MAA Mustafi, T Parvin - PSU Research Review, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to identify the factors that can affect the overall graduate
employability (OGE) of the private university graduates of Bangladesh. The authors carefully …

What can research into graduate employability tell us about agency and structure?

G Tholen - British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Traditionally theorists who have written about agency and structure have eschewed
empirical research. This article uses the findings of an empirical study into graduate …

“The ability to get a job”: student understandings and definitions of employability

S Gedye, E Beaumont - Education+ Training, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore employability in the context of higher
education (HE) from the students' perspective. Limited attention has been paid to student …

University graduates' employability, employment status, and job quality

V González-Romá, JP Gamboa… - Journal of Career …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
We investigated whether a set of indicators of the employability dimensions proposed by
Fugate, Kinicki, and Asforth (ie, career identity, personal adaptability, and human and social …

The role of networks and connections in educational elites' labour market entrance

G Tholen, P Brown, S Power, A Allouch - Research in social stratification …, 2013 - Elsevier
Despite extensive research on the role of 'personal'capital on labour market transitions, little
is known about how those with elite credentials use networks and connection to improve …

What can be done to improve higher education quality and graduate employability in Nigeria? A stakeholder approach

CA Nwajiuba, PA Igwe… - Industry and Higher …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it identifies the extent to which Nigerian higher
education institutions (HEIs) enable the development of graduate skills and employability …

Beyond human capital: student preparation for graduate life

K Benati, J Fischer - Education+ Training, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This research moves beyond a focus on employability skills and explores student
perceptions of preparedness for graduate life in a more holistic manner …

What we know and what we need to know about graduate skills

S James, C Warhurst, G Tholen… - Work, employment …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The expansion of higher education has led to more graduates in the UK labour market.
Despite government expectations, this expansion has not boosted national economic …

Higher education, graduate skills and the skills of graduates: the case of graduates as residential sales estate agents

G Tholen, SJ Relly, C Warhurst… - British Educational …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The UK labour market is subject to significant graduatisation. Yet in the context of an over‐
supply of graduates, little is known about the demand for and deployment of graduate skills …

Symbolic closure: Towards a renewed sociological perspective on the relationship between higher education, credentials and the graduate labour market

G Tholen - Sociology, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores how our understanding of the graduate labour market can be improved
by re-assessing some of the insights of the conflictual tradition within sociology. In particular …