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Burkhardt, Joan; Bennett, Elisabeth E. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how everyday cross-cultural interactions affected the adjustment of undergraduate international students attending a private university in the northeastern United States of America. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected primarily through interviews with nine international students and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Intercultural Communication, Grounded Theory
Stokes, Carmeda L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to examine HR executives' perspectives on employability enhancement for employees and how it is operationalized in their workplace. The exploratory questions that guided the study were, What are the perspectives of HR executives regarding employability enhancement for employees, and In what…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Human Resources, Case Studies, Employees
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Ghazal Aswad, Noor; Vidican, Georgeta; Samulewicz, Diana – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
As the United Arab Emirates diversifies its economy towards knowledge-based industries, maximising the participation of the national workforce, particularly women, in the science, engineering and technology fields is of utmost importance. To accomplish this, identifying the factors that lead students to select their degree programme, as well as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Females, Engineering