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Rethinking Graduate Employability in Context : Discourse, Policy and Practice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siivonen, Päivi.
Other Authors: Isopahkala-Bouret, Ulpukka., Tomlinson, Michael., Korhonen, Maija., Haltia, Nina.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2023.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Rethinking Graduate Employability in Context
  • Part I: Critical Perspectives on the Theory of Employability
  • Part II: Graduate Employability and Social Inequalities in Different National Contexts
  • Part III: Graduate Employability as a Career and Identity Process
  • References
  • Part I: Critical Perspectives on the Theory of Employability
  • Chapter 2: Graduate Employability and Its Basis in Possessive Individualism
  • Introduction
  • Frames of Reference for Graduate Employability Research
  • Problems with the Skills and Attributes Perspective
  • Policy Origins of the Skills and Attributes Perspective
  • The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism
  • Self-contained Individualism
  • Language and the Need for Conceptual Clarification
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Relative Employability: Applying the Insights of Positional Competition and Conflict Theories Within the Current Higher Education Landscape
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Early Theories on Positionality of Education and Employability
  • Positional Conflict in the Graduate Labour Market
  • Higher Education Systems: Ranking and Stratification
  • Part II: The Growing Relevance of Relative Employability
  • Labour Market Positioning: Continuous Growth in the Supply of Qualified Graduates and Recent Labour Market Shocks
  • Educational Positioning: Growing Segmentation of Higher Education at the Top
  • Social Positioning: Greater Effort Is Afforded by Those Wanting to Distinguish Themselves
  • Discussion: Outlining a New Policy and Research Agenda
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Boosting Employability Through Fostering an Entrepreneurial Mindset: Critical Analysis of Employability and Entrepreneurship in EU Policy Documents
  • Introduction.
  • Governmentality Perspective on Employability and Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Critical Analysis of the EU's Education Policy Documents
  • Entrepreneurship Education as a Solution to Employability Problems
  • Problem 1: Lack of Entrepreneurial Skills
  • Problem 2: Obsolete Higher Education
  • Problem 3: Risk Society and Risky Labour Markets
  • Discussion: Empowered or Neurotic Citizens?
  • Appendix A: Analysed Documents
  • References
  • Chapter 5: The Affective Life of Neoliberal Employability Discourse
  • Introduction
  • Ideas of Affect
  • Affect, Governance and Graduate Employability in Higher Education
  • Affect and Discursive Repertoires in a Qualitative Study of University Students
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Grounding Employability in Both Agency and Collective Identity: An Emancipatory Agenda for Higher Education
  • Introduction
  • Conceptualising Employability as a Capacity for Collective Agency
  • Collective Identity Underpins Agency Within Workplaces
  • Practical Implications for Universities and Employers
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Part II: Employability and Inequalities in Graduate Labour Markets
  • Chapter 7: Are Graduates Working in Graduate Occupations? Insights from the Portuguese Labour Market
  • Introduction
  • The Benefits of Education
  • The Assignment of Graduates and Overeducation
  • Education and the Labour Market: Studies from Portugal
  • Data and Method
  • Empirical Evidence and Discussion
  • The Supply of Graduates
  • The Distribution of Graduates Across Types of Occupation
  • Industry Affiliation: Education and Occupations
  • Wages: Education and Occupations
  • Discussion of the Findings
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Institutionalisation of Employability Capital in Employment Markets
  • Introduction
  • Revisiting the Empirical Study.
  • Conceptualising the Institutionalisation of Employers' Beliefs About Graduate Employability from a Capital Perspective
  • Reinterpretation of Cai's (2012) Findings from the Employability Capital Perspective
  • Implications of Cai's (2012) Study on Interactions Between Graduates and Employers
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 9: The Vocational Drift of French Higher Education and the Employability of Graduates
  • Introduction
  • French Higher Education System
  • Graduate Employment and the Vocational Drift in the French Higher Education
  • Access to Labour Market and Representation of Employability, a Review of Recent French Studies
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 10: Re-Framing Employability as a Problem of Perceived Opportunities: The Case of Internships in a U.S. College Using the Student Perceptions of Employment Opportunities (SPEO) Framework
  • Introduction
  • Limitations in Employability Research: Issues with Ambiguity, Dimensionality, and Causality
  • Additional Insights from Cognitive Psychology and Intersectionality Research
  • A New Approach: The Student Perceptions of Employment Opportunities (SPEO) Framework
  • An Empirical Example: Internship Experiences of Latinx Students at a Texas University
  • Findings
  • Factors Leading to Student Perceptions of Not Being Competitive/Limited Opportunities
  • Influence of Pay and Housing on Students' Ability to Take Internships
  • Role of Texas College as Vehicle for Social Capital/Information Resource
  • How Do these Multi-Level Factors Intersect in the Lives of Actual Students?
  • Conclusions and Next Steps
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 11: Working-Class Adult Students: Negotiating Inequalities in the Graduate Labour Market
  • Introduction
  • Taking a Critical Look at Employability
  • A Discussion on Class
  • A Note on Methodology: Using Biographical Methods.
  • Working-Class Student Perspectives on Employability
  • Class, Gender and Age
  • Economic Social and Cultural Capital
  • Summary
  • References
  • Part III: Graduate Employability as a Career and Identity Process
  • Chapter 12: Health as Employability Potential in Business Graduates' Career Imagination
  • Introduction
  • Health as a Social Practice in the Neoliberal Governance of Workers
  • Thematic Analysis of Business Graduates' Interviews
  • Health in Terms of Timescapes of Working Life: Normalising Intensive and Stressful Working Life
  • Health as a Driving Force and Enabler of Vitality
  • Health as Risk Awareness and Skilful Risk Management
  • Health in Terms of Time Maps: Constructing Employability Potential in Career
  • Work-Life Balance as Postponed to Future Career
  • Health as Achieved Equilibrium
  • The Counter Stories of Intensive Working Life and Flexible Career-The Discourse of Balance
  • Discussion
  • References
  • Chapter 13: Finnish University Students Constructing Their Ideal Employable Identities: A Case Study of Top Performing Experts
  • Introduction
  • The Ideal Employable Identity
  • Data and Methods
  • Findings
  • 1. Employability as a Long-Term Goal
  • 1a. Early Vision About Future Employment
  • 1b. Applying to Study in University
  • 1c. Accumulating Work Experience During Time Spent in Education
  • 1d. Gaining Extensive Work Experience from the Field After Graduation
  • 2. Constructing Employability in a Specific Field
  • 2a. University Degree as a Minimum Demand
  • 2b. Available Vacancies in the Field
  • 2c. Developing One's Competence Continuously
  • 2d. Free Time and Hobbies
  • 3. Harnessing Personality to Strengthen Employability
  • 3a. Maximising Efficiency at Work
  • 3b. Being Passionate About Work
  • 3c. Personality as an Asset
  • Discussion
  • Notes
  • References.
  • Chapter 14: Strategies Undertaken by International Graduates to Negotiate Employability
  • Introduction
  • International Graduates' Employability from Different Perspectives
  • Conceptual Frameworks
  • Methodology
  • Participants
  • Data Collection and Analysis
  • Results
  • Possessional Approach: Building Human Capital as Guided by Study Programmes
  • Positional Approach: Being Positioned as a Disadvantaged Group in the Host Labour Market
  • Processual Approach: Enacting Various Forms of Agency to Negotiate Employability
  • Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 15: Employability as Self-branding in Job Search Games: A Case of Finnish Business Graduates
  • Introduction
  • Self-branding as Performances of Employable Graduate Identities
  • Methodological Issues
  • Participants
  • Method and Analysis
  • Results
  • Performing Difference to Other Job Seekers
  • The Tactical and Unique Job Seeker Versus the Average Highly Educated Job Seeker
  • Performing Sameness Enough
  • Good Novice Employee "on paper" Versus Credible by Experience
  • The Self-branding Dilemma of Authenticity Versus Fabrication
  • Boundaries of Authenticity Versus Fabrication
  • Boundaries of the "curated self"
  • Discussion
  • References
  • Chapter 16: Negotiating (Employable) Graduate Identity: Small Story Approach in Qualitative Follow-up Research
  • Introduction
  • Data and Methods
  • Small Story Approach in the Reading of Joel's Follow-up Interviews
  • The Creation of Accounts for Ruptures
  • Negotiation of Continuity Versus Change as a Good and Valuable Employee
  • Continuity in the Construction of a Jobseeker Who Is Not Well-Networked
  • Change in the Construction of Experience as a Jobseeker and Employee
  • Changing Positions Towards the Future and a Dream Job
  • Negotiation of Graduate Identity in Relation to Employability in Small Stories
  • Conclusion.
  • References.

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