Students with disability experience numerous challenges when engaging in Work-Integrated Learning (WIL). Successful WIL requires stakeholder collaboration to provide an equitable and relevant WIL experience. Stakeholder disparity around disclosure, accommodations, poor attitudes, and behaviours result in negative WIL experiences for students with…

Purpose: This study aims to undertake a theoretical and technical exploration of the literature on Work Readiness (WR) through the implementation of a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis. The present study addresses seven distinct research questions: (1) an examination of the descriptive features characterizing the literature on…

Ethical misconduct continues to raise concerns among the public because of the significant impact on stakeholders. This study investigates differences among business ethics education, attitudes towards ethical decision-making, and length of work experience among MBA groups. Based on the premise that the transfer effects of business ethics…

Purpose: Embedded in higher educational settings, work-integrated learning (WIL) is a key reflection to students' perceived employability. The purpose of this study is to explore the antecedents of internal and external perceived employability. The research attempts to test a theoretical model examining the relationships among human capital, work…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the college-to-work transition as experienced by first-generation college (FGC) graduates. First-generation graduates are often adjusting to workplaces that are significantly different from parents' work environments. Design/methodology/approach: This phenomenological study explored the…

The focus of this paper was to determine the extent of the agreement among students, coordinators, and job supervisors on the importance and the perceived extent of the attainment of work experience education goals. (SSH)

Using previously unanalysed data from a lost study--the "Adjustment of Young Workers to Work Situations" and "Adult Roles" (1962-1964)--and data from a subsequent restudy, this paper contributes to debates on vocational education by examining three themes. First, the methodological issues raised by undertaking a restudy are discussed. Second, the…

The problem of youth unemployment in the state of New York is explored in a study which begins with a general review of the sociodemographic features of the target population. Other topics include: work experience and education, attitudes toward work, job entry and career ladder jobs, and unemployment among minority youth. (JN)

The Young Adults Employment Supports Project (YES) of Matrix Research Institute (MRI) has been identified as an exemplary school-to-work program that includes students with disabilities. The program serves young persons with serious emotional disorders between the ages of 17-22 throughout Philadelphia who are preparing to exit special education…

This study examined the background characteristics, work experience, extent of contact with the world of work, and attitudes towards work of teachers in secondary schools in Queensland; and these teachers' views concerning the role and aims of secondary education, particularly as they relate to preparation for the world of work. Comparisons are…

The acquisition of skills that match job requirements has become an issue in human resource development. A uniform but vague list of desirable skills often provided by policymakers or advocated by scholars is used as a guide in education and training programs in China. Using survey data, this study analyzes the core skills that workforces in China…

This book reports on the Youth Development Study, which followed young people for more than a decade in St. Paul, MN, focusing on work experiences during high school. Chapter one, "Should Adolescents Work" discusses historical and contemporary studies, gender differences, controversies, and the cases for and against adolescent work.…

Discusses three ways in which educators can improve the transition from school to work: (1) teach specific skills (reading, writing, mathematics, and speaking with others); (2) instill in students proper attitudes about work; and (3) provide more information about jobs as well as actual work experience to students. (CT)

In this article, we are interested in what kind of opinions people belonging to different generations have on work experience and formal education. Mannheim's theory on generations is used as a general frame of reference. The questions asked in the article are: is education appreciated more by young people who have been able to participate in it…

A survey of high school students in school-supervised work experience programs (N=101) and non-school-supervised jobs (N=177) found that the former have higher quality jobs that make greater use of academic skills, have more contact with adults, experience more challenge, consider their work meaningful, and perceive a closer relationship between…