Education + Training: Volume 58 Issue 9

Examination of cultural shock, inter-cultural sensitivity and willingness to adapt

Clare D’Souza, Stephen Singaraju, Tariq Halimi, Gillian Sillivan Mort

The purpose of this paper is to identify themes on international experiences that impact culture and how these findings will intervene in understanding cross-cultural training…

“Authentic Alignment” – a new framework of entrepreneurship education

Stephanie Alexandra Macht, Steve Ball

This paper seeks to address an underdeveloped aspect of entrepreneurship education (EE), which is still criticised for not explicitly linking educational practice with established…

UTAUT: capturing differences in undergraduate versus postgraduate learning?

Tui McKeown, Mary Anderson

While educators and students alike are increasingly moving to use on-line technologies, there is still much to be learned about how these tools influence student learning. The…

Student perceptions of the employability of the first degree in Portugal

Cristina Sin, Orlanda Tavares, Alberto Amaral

The paper presents and analyses quantitative data on student perceptions about the employability of the first degree, and their trajectory choices on graduation. The purpose of…

Putting “entrepreneurial finance education” on the map: Including social capital in the entrepreneurial finance curriculum

Stephanie Alexandra Macht

The purpose of this paper is to bring attention to “entrepreneurial finance education”, an aspect of entrepreneurship education that is widely taught but neglected by the…

Internship impact on career consideration among business students

Miriam Rothman, Ruth Sisman

The purpose of this paper is to report on the impact of the internship experience on business students’ career intentions in regard to pursuing a career path in the same job…

University-industry linkages in developing countries: perceived effect on innovation

Terje I. Vaaland, Esther Ishengoma

The purpose of this paper is to assess the perceptions of both universities and the resource-extractive companies on the influence of university-industry linkages (UILs) on…

Teaching self- and social competencies in the retail sector: Findings from vocational schools in Germany, Italy and Poland

Sabrina Edeling, Matthias Pilz

The purpose of this paper is to use teaching and learning units specially devised for development of self-competencies and social competencies in the retail sector to explore how…