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Mani, Sudha; Kothandaraman, Prabakar; Kashyap, Rajiv; Ashnai, Bahar – Journal of Marketing Education, 2016
Sales competitions provide students with opportunities to apply their understanding of sales. Despite a long tradition of scholarship on sales role-plays, the answer to what drives student performance in sales competitions remains elusive. In this research, we examine how motivation (work engagement) and ability (cognitive aptitude and…
Descriptors: Salesmanship, Competition, Role Playing, Interviews
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Batistic, Saša; Tymon, Alex – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: Drawing on the overarching framework of social capital theory, the purpose of this paper is to develop and empirically examine networking behaviour and employability within the higher education context. Design/methodology/approach: In a sample of 376 full-time business students the authors measured perceived employability, networking…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Employment Potential, Goal Orientation, Access to Information
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Jackson, Denise; Michelson, Grant – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
It has long been argued in many Western countries that having a highly skilled workforce is crucial to innovation and national competitiveness. Ensuring the employment of the most highly educated members of a country's population is integral to helping achieve such economic outcomes. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify the major…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Doctoral Degrees, Research Universities, National Surveys
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Jackson, Denise; Wilton, Nicholas – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
This paper explores undergraduate capabilities in career self-management and the influence of work-integrated learning (WIL). Career management competencies are an important aspect of individual employability and impact on wellbeing, graduate job attainment and long-term career success. Enhanced competencies among graduates can assist Faculty in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Careers, Career Exploration
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Foltz, Kristen A. – College Student Journal, 2014
This article examines the perceptions and beliefs of Millennials regarding visible tattoos and the impact of tattoos on potential employment. Despite tattoos becoming more accepted and mainstream in society, studies show that individuals with visible tattoos are often hired at a lower rate than people without visible tattoos. A survey of current…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Human Body
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Moloney, Mary – Irish Educational Studies, 2015
Caring for and educating young children is highly skilled and complex, and is dependent upon the educator's education and training, work environment, salary and work benefits. This paper which draws upon two annual BA ECEC Graduate Occupational Profile Surveys undertaken in 2013 and 2014, explores the perceptions of graduates about seeking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Early Childhood Education, Student Attitudes
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2013
This report focuses on the outcomes of vocational education and, in particular, on the transition from education to work in the current employment situation for young adults in the European Union. Using anonymised microdata from the EU labour force survey 2009 ad hoc module, this is one of the first studies to undertake a large cross-country…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Labor Market, Outcomes of Education