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Direct linkFlanigan, Abraham E.; Kiewra, Kenneth A.; Luo, Linlin – Educational Psychology Review, 2018
Previous research (Kiewra & Creswell, "Educational Psychology Review" 12(1):135-161, 2000; Patterson-Hazley & Kiewra, "Educational Psychology Review" 25(1):19-45, 2013) has investigated the characteristics and work habits of highly productive educational psychologists. These investigations have focused exclusively on…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Qualitative Research, Interviews
Bartram, Brendan – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2016
This paper considers students' economic motives to attend university. Drawing on selected results from a tri-national survey involving online questionnaires and interviews with students at English, German and Portuguese universities, it examines and compares this particular extrinsic motivational dimension, alongside the influence of the national…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Benefits, Student Educational Objectives, National Surveys
Navigating Difficult Waters: Learning for Career and Labour Market Transitions. Research Paper No 42
Download full textCedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2014
This report analyses how learning supports labour market transitions and career changes of adult workers across five countries (Denmark, Germany, Spain, France and Italy). To make the most of career and labour market opportunities, individuals have to rely on their own resources and their agency but also know how to navigate the institutional…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Labor Needs, Adults, Individual Needs
Tomasik, Martin J.; Silbereisen, Rainer K. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Globalized labor markets confront many adults, both employed and unemployed, with demands arising from career uncertainty that have the potential to jeopardize their occupational planning. This article investigated how individuals in different regions of Germany, which are characterized by different economic opportunities, negotiate such demands…
Descriptors: Well Being, Foreign Countries, Economic Opportunities, Career Planning
Pritchard, Rosalind – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
The purpose of the present research was to study gender inequality in British and German universities. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with female academics in each country (UK, N = 40; Germany, N = 47). A generational difference of attitude was perceived in academe, with the younger generation clearly more strategic in career…
Descriptors: Interviews, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Career Development
