Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (March 1, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

The topic of the master thesis is an analysis of the attitude of future graduates towards self-employment. The aim of the thesis is to find out, within the push-pull theory, which factors currently influence graduates in decision-making whether to be employed or to start their own business and whether their attitude has changed due to the situation in society associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The research will be conducted by a questionnaire survey. The result of the thesis will be a comparison of motives for decision-making between employment and entrepreneurship before and during the pandemic crisis. Based on the research results, solutions for increasing motivation of future graduates to become entrepreneurs and suggestions for improving strategy of business support organizations to support entrepreneurship among graduates according to their needs will be proposed

Published Article / The problem statement to be proposed in this article is that student employability suffers as a result of the fact that students do not make use of the available employment skills training, offered by the CUT, which will enable them to present themselves in a professional manner to prospective employers when entering the labour market. Certain suggestions will be offered in this publication of how the CUT could go about creating opportunities for students to enable them to successfully enter the labour market, after the completion of their studies.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed June 30, 2010). Additional advisors: Loretta A. Cormier, James C. McCroskey, Larry Powell. Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-29).

My thesis deals with evaluation of the influence of practice acquired during university studies on future employment of university graduates on the labor market in the Czech Republic. I assume that with increasing volume of degree holders in combination with the current global economic crisis, university graduates entering the labor market need to offer some working experience apart from their degree to be offered a good job. This paper summarizes employers' expectations about graduates in comparison with graduates' opinions on their readiness to enter the labor market. The practical part of the diploma thesis analyzes opinions of university students and graduates on the importance of practice acquired during their studies for future employment. The conclusion reached explains that work experience acquired already during graduate studies improves the position on the labor market after graduation. Practice in or out of the field of studies helps graduates develop not only professional qualifications but also core competencies. Namely poorly developed core competencies are together with lack of work experience cited as the main cause of not accepting fresh graduates to employment.