Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 37 Issue 2

Inclusion and work: addressing the global challenges for youth employment

Subas P. Dhakal, Julia Connell, John Burgess

The purpose of this paper is to outline the key global challenges relating to youth employment and consider some ways that they may be addressed to allow their inclusion in the…

Graduate work-readiness challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and the role of HRM

Prikshat Verma, Alan Nankervis, Soegeng Priyono, Noorziah Mohd Salleh, Julia Connell, John Burgess

The purpose of this paper is to focus on graduate work-readiness challenges in three Asia Pacific economies (Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia), and the roles of three main…

The challenges of state intervention in Singapore’s youth labour market

Peter Waring, Christopher Vas, Azad Singh Bali

The purpose of this paper is to assess the efficacy of the policy measures to encourage young Singaporeans to pursue employment in the manufacturing sector while at the same time…

Localisation in an emerging Gulf economy: Understanding the role of education, job attributes and analysing the barriers in its process

Fauzia Jabeen, Mohd Nishat Faisal, Marios Katsioloudes

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to understand Emirati nationals’ perceptions of the role of workforce localisation policies in their professional aspirations and…

Project #NuKapav: a Mauritian service-learning case study

Sarita Hardin-Ramanan, Loga Devi Balla Soupramanien, David DeLapeyre

Prompted by the enlarging skills gap between the university graduate and the desired employee in Mauritius, the Charles Telfair Institute embarked its students on the #NuKapav…

Youth unemployment amidst aged care workers shortages in Australia: Why care about the millennials?

Jacinta Ellen Sutcliffe, Subas P. Dhakal

The broader challenges of youth employment and ageing population have collectively received global attention in the Sustainable Development Goals. Under the assumption that there…