The Transition from Graduation to Work : Challenges and Strategies in the Twenty-First Century Asia Pacific and Beyond

Subas Dhakal

ISBN 10: 9811309736 / ISBN 13: 9789811309731

Editore: Springer, Springer Nature Singapore, 2018

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book reports on the findings from a research study of vocational and higher education graduates' employability challenges. The nature and extent of these challenges, their underlying causes, and effective strategies to address the problems in this area are all analysed from a multiple-stakeholder paradigm. The primary focus of the book is on governments; secondary, vocational, and higher education systems; and industry employers - rather than graduates themselves - in order to highlight the policy and strategy implications for governments, industry and educational systems.Readers will acquire comprehensive information on the nature and extent of graduate employability in terms of country-specific challenges, together with a deeper understanding of their complex causes, and the inter-relatedness between governments, educational systems, industry sectors, and potential employers. They will also be provided with a broad range of stakeholder strategiesdesigned to effectively address these challenges within integrated national and regional approaches.

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• Titolo: The Transition from Graduation to Work : Challenges and Strategies in the Twenty-First Century Asia Pacific and Beyond
• Editore: Springer, Springer Nature Singapore
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9811309736
• ISBN 13: 9789811309731
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 241 L x 160 A x 20 P (millimetri) 241 millimetri di larghezza per 160 millimetri di altezza per 20 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 632 grammi

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Riassunto

This book reports on the findings from a research study of vocational and higher education graduates’ employability challenges. The nature and extent of these challenges, their underlying causes, and effective strategies to address the problems in this area are all analysed from a multiple-stakeholder paradigm. The primary focus of the book is on governments; secondary, vocational, and higher education systems; and industry employers - rather than graduates themselves - in order to highlight the policy and strategy implications for governments, industry and educational systems.

 

Readers will acquire comprehensive information on the nature and extent of graduate employability in terms of country-specific challenges, together with a deeper understanding of their complex causes, and the inter-relatedness between governments, educational systems, industry sectors, and potential employers. They will also be provided with a broad range of stakeholder strategies designed to effectively address these challenges within integrated national and regional approaches.

Informazioni sull?autore

John Burgess is Professor of Human Resource Management at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He has published widely in the field and serves on the editorial board of five international journals. His research interests include HRM practices in multinational enterprises, contingent employment arrangements, working time and health, and the transition from education to employment.

Alan Nankervis is Professor of Human Resource Management at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. His research interests lie in human resource strategy, international HRM, and HRM in the tourism industry.

Verma Prikshat is Lecturer at the Australian Institute of Business in Adelaide, Australia, whose research focuses on human resource competency frameworks, comparative Asian human resource management practices, and employability challenges in the Asia-Pacific region.

Subas P. Dhakal is Lecturer in the School of Management at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, working in the field of sustainable development. His research experiences/areas of interests include: Corporate Social Responsibility; Disaster Governance; Green Employment/Skills; Social Entrepreneurship; and Sustainable Tourism in the South Asian/Asia Pacific regions.