Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 12 Issue 3

Accounting students' perceptions of work–life balance, accounting career image and intention to pursue accounting careers

Saarce Elsye Hatane, Bernard Emerson, Olievia Soesanto, Ruth Arum Gunawan, Hatane Semuel

The purpose of this study is to discover the impact of work–life balance on the intention to pursue accounting careers through accounting career image.

Extending information poverty theory to better understand the digital access and inequalities among young people who are not in education, employment or training in South Africa

Walter Matli, Mpho Ngoepe

The objective of this study is to present evidence regarding how young people, who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) in South Africa, lack literacy skills and…

Predicting intention of business students to behave ethically in the Indian context: from the perspective of Theory of Planned Behaviour

Geeta Marmat

The purpose of this paper is to understand business students' intention to behave ethically in general, and in particularly in the business context of a developing country, India.

Internships before and during COVID-19: experiences and perceptions of undergraduate interns and supervisors

Cecilia Woon Chien Teng, Raymond Boon Tar Lim, Dana Wai Shin Chow, Suganthi Narayanasamy, Chee Hsiang Liow, Jeannette Jen-Mai Lee

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a contingent shift to remote working and learning worldwide. However, little is known regarding the impact of this shift on internships…

Learning opportunities and diversity of engineering students’ background in interdisciplinary group projects

Akponanabofa Henry Oti, Peter Farrell, Abbes Berrais, Paul McMahon, Mostapha Boulbibane, Spyridon Paschalis, Yassin Osman, Furat AL-Faraj, Malcolm Duncan

In line with business goals of customer satisfaction, higher education institutions of learning consider excellent student experience a priority. Teaching and learning are…

(Mis)match between higher education supply and labour market needs: evidence from Portugal

Daniela Olo, Leonida Correia, Maria da Conceição Rego

The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether there is an adjustment between the Portuguese higher education supply and the needs of the labour market.

The impact of entrepreneurship education and cultural context on entrepreneurial intentions of Ukrainian students: the mediating role of attitudes and perceived control

Olena Mykolenko, Inna Ippolitova, Hanna Doroshenko, Svitlana Strapchuk

The purpose of the research is to test empirically whether the variables of personal attitudes towards entrepreneurship and perceived control mediate the relationship between…

Understanding students' perceptions and attitude toward learning about internships in a business school

Henry Wai Leong Ho, Scot Squires

Internships are an integral part of a college curriculum, yet students are sometimes unaware of how to secure this opportunity. This research aims to determine efficient methods…

Assessing the influence of emotional intelligence on teachers' performance in Lebanese private education institutions

Moni Trad, Mona Omar Alayoubi, Rasha Abdul Khalek, Nada Khaddage-Soboh

The main purpose of this study is to demonstrate and verify the influence of emotional intelligence skills on the performance of teachers in private higher educational…

Factors influencing the participation of industry professionals in Work-Integrated Learning in Vietnamese universities: a qualitative approach

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha, Eva Dakich, Susan Grieshaber

This article explores factors influencing the participation of industry professionals in Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) in three Vietnamese public universities. The impact of the…

The question of university graduates' employability: are the students aware of the employers' preferences

Pambas Tandika, Laurent Gabriel Ndijuye

The purpose of this paper is to university students' awareness of the employers preferred competencies and the educational level capable of readying them satisfactory for the…

Enablers facilitating industry-academia, transnational education and university-community partnering agility in higher education

Shalini Menon, M. Suresh, R. Raghu Raman

The study has a two-fold purpose: first, to identify the enablers of partnering agility in higher education, and, second, to analyze the interplay between the enablers.