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Direct linkAlexandra Wicht; Janina Beckmann; Matthias Siembab; Lisa Herrmann – Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2024
This study investigates occupational changes in the German vocational education and training system among "stopouts," i.e., individuals who terminate their training prematurely and switch to another occupation. We examine whether occupational changes are related to the fulfillment of career aspirations and changes in key occupational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Change, Vocational Education, Occupational Aspiration
Goldan, Lea; Jaksztat, Steffen; Gross, Christiane – Research Evaluation, 2023
Previous research in different national contexts has shown that individual preferences for certain job attributes, objective labour market conditions, subjective career prospects, and external encouragement shape doctoral graduates' career decisions. For Germany, where the number of awarded doctoral degrees is highest within the European Union and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, College Graduates, Career Choice, Foreign Countries
Download full textGraduate Management Admission Council, 2023
The Prospective Students Survey is one of the Graduate Management Admission Council's (GMAC) keystone research programs. The global graduate management education (GME) community has relied on data from this survey to gain insights about candidates' decision-making processes when considering and applying to graduate business schools since 2009. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Masters Programs, Decision Making
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2022
The Prospective Students Survey is one of the Graduate Management Admission Council's (GMAC) keystone research programs. The global graduate management education (GME) community has relied on data from this survey to gain insights about candidates' decision-making processes when considering and applying to graduate business schools since 2009. The…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Masters Programs, Decision Making, School Choice
Brockmann, Michaela – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2021
The marked and persistent gender segregation in apprenticeship has been well documented. The social construction of 'male' and 'female' jobs is a key factor in the gendered patterns evident in career choice. Research on young women who have chosen careers in male-dominated occupations risks constructing them as 'Other', typically concluding that…
Descriptors: Females, Gender Bias, Apprenticeships, Sex Stereotypes
Pilz, Matthias; Ebner, Christian; Edeling, Sabrina – Oxford Review of Education, 2020
More than a quarter of all trainees in Germany's dual vocational training system have the Abitur -- the German school-leaving qualification that entitles them to go to university. Some go to university after completing their apprenticeship, but others move straight into full-time employment. There is currently very little reliable empirical data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Qualifications
Hofer, Andrea-Rosalinde; Zhivkovikj, Aleksandra; Smyth, Roger – OECD Publishing, 2020
Governments recognise that careers guidance, underpinned by accurate labour market information, can help learners make post-secondary education choices that match their interests, aptitudes and abilities, and lead to rewarding employment. For this reason, they have invested in building linked education/employment information systems and other…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Educational Research, Access to Education, Access to Information
Paseka, Angelika, Ed.; Byrne, Delma, Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2019
This book addresses central questions regarding parental involvement across European educational systems; exploring the commonalities and differences across European countries and the extent to which current policy and practice pertaining to parental involvement is inclusive of diversity. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that draws from the…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Policy, Diversity
Watt, Helen M. G.; Richardson, Paul W.; Klusmann, Uta; Kunter, Mareike; Beyer, Beate; Trautwein, Ulrich; Baumert, Jurgen – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
Motivations for preservice teachers' choice of teaching as a career were investigated using the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice scale (FIT-Choice scale; Watt & Richardson, 2007). This scale was initially developed and validated in the Australian context; our study applied it across international samples from Australia, the United States,…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Career Choice, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Weiss, Sabine; Kiel, Ewald – Issues in Educational Research, 2013
This study investigates who chooses primary teaching and how prospective primary school teachers differ from future teachers in other types of schools. Using variance analysis, future student-teachers of different types of schools are compared with regard to their motives for the choice of studies and profession. As a main result, prospective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Education
Dietrich, Julia; Kracke, Barbel – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
Parents are major partners in helping adolescents prepare for a career choice. Although several studies have examined links between general aspects of the parent-adolescent relationship and adolescents' career development, little research has addressed the mechanisms involved. This study aimed to validate a three-dimensional instrument for the…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Career Choice, Adolescents, Career Exploration
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
