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Rocha, Magda – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2015
The basis for this longitudinal study was to find the predictors of transferable skills acquisition and portability among university sophomore students. The method employed was the path analysis using as variables: (1) the theoretical framework of transferable skills representations (Evers and Rush in "Manag Learn" 27(4):275-300, 1996;…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Transfer of Training, College Students, Predictor Variables
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; Chiteji, Lisa – 1979
The first panel of a three-year longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the process by which youth form career expectations. The study was designed around a cross-sectional path model of career expectations drawn from the sociological literature on status attainment and is based on differential equations in which all expectation variables…
Descriptors: Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, Decision Making
Tuijnman, Albert – 1989
A study investigated the contribution of adult education in complementing and mediating the effects of early formal schooling on life chances, job satisfaction, and general well-being. Data collected for the cohort of Swedish men followed up in the Malmo study from 1938 to 1988 were examined. The study used measures of home background, disposition…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1975
The followup study of 1974 graduates of two Pennsylvania high school districts (Hazleton and Williamsport) is phase 4 of the vocational development study, a 10-year longitudinal study begun in 1968. Phase 4 evaluates the effectiveness of the school programs in preparing students for the world of work or for postsecondary education and examines the…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Cross Sectional Studies, Curriculum Evaluation