ERIC Number: EJ1235258
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Self-Perceived Employability and Subjective Career Success: Graduates of a Workforce Education and Development Program
Niu, Yuanlu; Hunter-Johnson, Yvonne; Xu, Xu; Liu, Tingting
Journal of Continuing Higher Education, v67 n2-3 p55-71 2019
The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of employability and success among workforce education and development (WED) graduates. A quantitative study was conducted through the administration of an online survey to graduates (N = 85) of a WED program located within a midwestern, state university. The survey included demographic questions and a Likert-scale questionnaire consisting of 14 items from Rothwell and Arnold's self-perceived individual employability scales (2007). A principal components analysis was conducted to explore and confirm the related measures. Ordinary least squares regression was used to evaluate the relationship between the graduates' perceptions of their employability and career success and other demographic variables. The results of this study may be useful to public administrators, higher education institutions, WED faculty, human resource development professionals, students, and researchers.
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Success, Graduates, State Universities, Adult Basic Education, Job Skills, Career Development, Labor Force Development, Alumni, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Grade Point Average, Educational Attainment, Work Experience, Employment Level, Salary Wage Differentials, Self Efficacy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Adult Basic Education; Adult Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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