ERIC Number: EJ1286230
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 16
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Competing Stakeholder Understandings of Graduate Attributes and Employability in Work-Integrated Learning
Rook, Laura; Sloan, Terry
International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, v22 n1 p41-56 2021
This study examined academics, students, professionals and careers advisors' perceptions of how the inclusion of of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) in Human Resource Management (HRM) undergraduate degrees influenced students' achievement of Graduate Attributes (GAs) in Australian universities. Prior research finds that student participation in WIL can strengthen the opportunities for acquiring GAs, thus influencing their employability. Utilizing stakeholder theory 38 qualitative semi-structured interviews revealed different and sometimes competing understandings of GAs and employability, along with their link to WIL, across four stakeholder groups. Notably, a marked lack of understanding of GAs and employability was found in the student stakeholder group. These findings have practical teaching and learning implications for the embedding of GAs in higher education programs to increase student understanding of GAs and employability, and their importance for their future.
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Undergraduate Students, Employment Potential, Work Experience Programs, Human Resources, Personnel Management, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Counselor Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Soft Skills, Transfer of Training
New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education. University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-838-4892; e-mail: editor@ijwil.org; Web site: https://www.ijwil.org/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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