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Position, possession or process? Understanding objective and subjective employability during university-to-work transitions

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Okay-Somerville, Belgin Scholarios, Dora
Copyright Year	2015
Description	This article aims to understand predictors of objective (i.e. job offers, employment status and employment quality) and subjective (i.e. perceived) graduate employability during university-to-work transitions. Using survey data from two cohorts of graduates in the UK (N = 293), it contrasts three competing theoretical approaches to employability: position (based on social background), possession (of human capital) and process (of career self-management (CSM)). Findings support the process view of graduate employability, developed through engaging in CSM, in particular environment exploration, networking and guidance seeking. There is also some support for a possession view where educational credentials predict employment quality and perceived employability. Theoretically, the study highlights the importance of proactive career behaviours as well as the constraining role of educational credentials for some during university-to-work transitions. These findings have practical implications for university students/graduates and career counsellors, and, more indirectly, for employers and policy-makers.
Related Links	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/54631/1/Okay_Somerville_Scholarios_SHE_2015_Position_possession_or_process_understanding_objective_and_subjective_employability.pdf https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/110680528.pdf
Ending Page	1291
Page Count	17
Starting Page	1275
ISSN	03075079
e-ISSN	1470174X
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2015.1091813
Journal	Studies in Higher Education
Issue Number	7
Volume Number	42
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2015-10-09
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Education Research University Graduates Employability University Employability University-to-work Transitions Careers Career Self-management
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education

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3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
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