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"I'd Rather Talk to Someone "I Know" than Somebody "Who Knows"--The Role of Networks in Undergraduate Career Decision-Making
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Greenbank, Paul – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2011
This article is based on an action research project that involved working with undergraduates to improve the way they engage in the process of career decision-making. The article focuses on the role networks play in career decision-making. It analyses the students' rationale for utilising particular forms of social capital and examines how they…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Action Research, Decision Making Skills, Career Choice
Improving the Process of Career Decision Making: An Action Research Approach
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Greenbank, Paul – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: This study adopts an action research approach with the aim of improving the process of career decision making among undergraduates in a business school at a "new" university in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: The study utilised unfreezing techniques, multiple case studies in conjunction with the principle of analogical…
Descriptors: Evidence, Action Research, Career Choice, Decision Making
Improving the Career Decision-Making Behaviour of Working Class Students: Do Economic Barriers Stand in the Way?
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Greenbank, Paul; Hepworth, Sue – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the extent to which economic factors influence the career decision-making process of working class students. Design/methodology/approach: The study involved an initial survey of 165 final-year students from a range of degree programmes. It was followed by in-depth interviews with 30 working class students.…
Descriptors: Working Class, Student Diversity, Economic Factors, Barriers