Education + Training: Volume 63 Issue 5

Assessing the effectiveness of vocational training programs in Pakistan: an experimental study

Sumaira Chamadia, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik

The major objective of this study is to examine the efficacy of the technical and vocational training courses imparted to generate employment or enhance the productivity of…

Exploring the development of entrepreneurial identity in a learning-by-doing entrepreneurial project environment

Shin-Horng Chen, Wei-Tsong Wang, Chih-Tsen Lu

Understanding the construction of individual entrepreneurial identity for entrepreneurship education is an important but understudied issue. Prior studies indicate that…

Institutional factors for faculty members' implementation of blended learning in higher education

Bokolo Anthony Jnr.

The aim of this study is to develop a model grounded by the institutional theory to investigate blended learning (BL) implementation among faculty members in higher education and…

Developing entrepreneurial competencies in higher education: a structural model approach

Raquel Ferreras-Garcia, Jordi Sales-Zaguirre, Enric Serradell-López

The aim of this article is to propose and test a structural model of relationships between generic and specific competencies and entrepreneurial competencies in order to assess…

The relationship between higher education students' perceived employability, academic engagement and stress among students in China

Yin Ma, Dawn Bennett

With a focus on Chinese higher education students, the purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between students' perceived employability and their levels of academic…

Channelling employability perceptions through lifelong learning: an empirical investigation

P.M. Nimmi, K.A. Zakkariya, P.R. Rahul

Graduates' attitudes towards learning, although subject to change, is a crucial indicator of their understanding and involvement in lifelong learning activities. The purpose of…

Gender, risk-taking and entrepreneurial intentions: assessing the impact of higher education longitudinally

Eda Gurel, Melih Madanoglu, Levent Altinay

This longitudinal study assesses whether higher education has the same impact on the entrepreneurial intentions of women and men with regard to their propensity to risk-taking in…

Intern to employee conversion via person–organization fit

Philip S. Rose, Stephen T.T. Teo, Diep Nguyen, Nguyen Phong Nguyen

Internships are utilized globally to recruit graduate employees. However, there is a limited understanding of the process by which interns convert into regular employees…