Facing fragmented labour markets: Individual variables and the decision-making ability of humanities students

IF 1.9 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Andreas Eimer, Carla Bohndick
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While humanities graduates can aspire to many fields of work, these labour markets are mostly fragmented and relatively small. In order to be able to enter one of these potential professional fields in a targeted and successful manner, students in the humanities need to develop an individual professional profile. This profile comprises individual characteristics and competencies which include but also go beyond the qualifications from the study programme. Therefore, the authors postulate that specifically students in the humanities have to make many decisions in the course of their studies to prepare for a targeted career entry. From this background, it is important to know what factors are connected with their decision-making ability. This exploratory study examines the relationship of various individual factors with career decision-making adaptability (CDA) and thus on the decision-making competence on a sample of 872 humanities students from German and Swiss universities. A significant relationship with self-efficacy, conscientiousness, perseverance and professional information on CDA was found. The decision-making competence of teacher-training and non-teacher training students did not vary significantly. This study is based on the situation in German-speaking countries, but is also intended to be a stimulus for international comparison.
面对碎片化的劳动力市场:个体变量与人文学科学生的决策能力
虽然人文学科毕业生可以向往许多领域的工作,但这些劳动力市场大多是分散的,规模相对较小。为了能够以有针对性和成功的方式进入这些潜在的专业领域之一,人文学科的学生需要发展个人的专业概况。该简介包括个人特征和能力,包括但不仅限于学习计划的资格。因此,作者假设人文学科的学生必须在学习过程中做出许多决定,为有针对性的职业进入做准备。在这种背景下,了解哪些因素与他们的决策能力有关是很重要的。本研究以872名来自德国和瑞士大学的人文学科学生为样本,考察了各种个体因素与职业决策适应性(CDA)的关系,从而考察了决策能力。自我效能感、责任心、毅力与CDA专业信息呈显著相关。教师培训生与非教师培训生的决策能力差异不显著。这项研究是以德语国家的情况为基础的,但其目的也在于促进国际比较。
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Industry and Higher Education
Industry and Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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4.20
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期刊介绍: Industry and Higher Education focuses on the multifaceted and complex relationships between higher education institutions and business and industry. It looks in detail at the processes and enactments of academia-business cooperation as well as examining the significance of that cooperation in wider contexts, such as regional development, entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems. While emphasizing the practical aspects of academia-business cooperation, IHE also locates practice in theoretical and research contexts, questioning received opinion and developing our understanding of what constitutes truly effective cooperation. Selected key topics Knowledge transfer - processes, mechanisms, successes and failures Research commercialization - from conception to product ''Graduate employability'' - definition, needs and methods Education for entrepreneurship - techniques, measurement and impact The role of the university in economic and social development The third mission and the entrepreneurial university Skills needs and the role of higher education Business-education partnerships for social and economic progress University-industry training and consultancy programmes Innovation networks and their role in furthering university-industry engagement
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