Magister Educationis - MEd / This study investigated the reasons why FET part-time students enrolled at a FET college by examining their learning orientations. Guided by the literature, the focus was on the vocational orientation to learning and orientations to learning were further investigated within the vocational orientation based on orientations developed for part-time students found in the literature. In addition, it was investigated whether students' expectations have been met and if they were satisfied with the college experience. Lastly, the study examined the relevance of college learning to the world of work and the contribution it made to the career development of learners in a globalising world. The research shows that part-time students enrol at FET colleges predominantly for vocational reasons and the majority of the students were enrolled in order to advance their careers and associated with a vocational orientation to learning. However, it emerged that reasons for learning within the vocational orientation to learning are often multi-faceted and complex. The most important findings are 3 new learning orientations for part-time students that were identified: 'education for a qualification', 'education for adults who previously made the wrong choice' and 'education for adults as a model for their children'. Furthermore, the findings indicate that learners were satisfied with the programme they were enrolled in because they believed that the qualification would enable them to achieve their vocational aims which were primarily to find a new job, to be promoted and to increase their income. The findings suggest that the programme that was examined was relevant to the world of work, promoted employability and that it made a significant and important contribution to students' career development in a globalising world. / South Africa

The diploma thesis is dealing with the issues of people with psychotic illness on the labour market, recognition of problems, which they deal with in their work life, and identification of current possibilities, which are offered to people with psychotic illness on the labour market. The purpose of the diploma thesis is finding the limits and precautions, which could help them enter the labour market. It provides basic view of two psychotic illnesses, schizophrenia and affective disorder of personality. Both illnesses are discussed with regard to their symptoms, cause of origin and progression of the disease, focusing on their employability. The diploma thesis sums up the employment situation of people with psychotic illness and the attitude of society towards them. Empirical survey verifies the established hypothesis and analyzes the results of the questionnaire survey among the patients of Psychiatric hospital Bohnice. Key Words psychotic illness, mental illness, shizophrenia, affective disorder of personality, labour market, unemployment, employability at labour market, stigmatization

The thesis focuses on analysing the possibility of increasing the attractiveness of graduates of the University of Economics Prague (VŠE) in the labour market. It maps the opportunities for enhancing the knowledge and skills beyond the scope of the regular instruction. The theoretical part among others includes an overview of the historical development of the number of university graduates and their employability in different fields. Furthermore, it focuses on the interpretation of selected theories of career management, the topic of career development and the career management skills, the so called new careers and new psychological contracts (all in relation to university graduates). The empirical part includes the analysis of students potential activities that may play a role in their entry in the labour market. The empirical investigation was carried out focused on the expectations of employers in relation to graduates and to what extent do employers take into account graduates previous activities for acquiring knowledge and skills beyond the scope of their studies. The results of the work are the practical recommendations for students / alumni of VŠE justified on the basis of the analysis.

This thesis examines how employability and the employable as a discursive subject was constructed through a Swedish labor market policy measure called “datortek”. The datortek was a form of combined computer lab and activity center that was set up in collaboration between local governance and the National market labour board. People who were registered as unemployed could be sent to the local datortek to learn how to use a computer. In this way, they would be made employable in the new, knowledge based society and Sweden would be well on its way to become a leading nation in the field of IT-technology and expertise. At least, that was the idea. In the 1990’s there was a shift in Swedish, as well as european, labour policy discourse. The politically defined problem of “unemployment” changed towards being an issue of the individual’s ability to make oneself “employable”. On a large extent, employability depends on certain individual properties, such as “flexibility”, “entrepreneurship” and being “active”. Earlier research have mainly focused on employability as a policy concept. In this view, employability is seen as something that is enforced through public policy onto the workers. This study is taking a somewhat different approach. Here, employability will be seen as a concept that takes form in a process of negotiation and articulation. A process that takes place in the interpersonal meeting, in the intercept between man and machine, in formal documents as well as through the design of the datortek itself. Thus, the datortek can serve as a study object that allow us to investigate how employability was articulated. It is this articulation, the process of becoming-employable through the datortek, which is at the heart of this study. The thesis shows that the datortek functioned as a simulated work place where the participants were made to stage and perform “teamwork” and learn “social competence”. The computer was given the role of an instrument for bringing out certain feelings amongst the participants. This emotive discipline can be understood as a way to achieve “emotional competence”. The thesis also shows a different way on how a concept such as employability can be studied. By looking into the very practical aspects of the datortek, the abstract idea of employability is made comprehensible. This gives us, not only deepened knowledge of the notion of modern labor, but also a better understanding of how ideology is (re)produced.

The research focused on constructing a psychological career profile for staff retention practices by investigating the relationship between employees’ psychological career meta-competencies (psychological career resources, career adaptability and hardiness) and their retention-related dispositions (job embeddedness and organisational commitment). A quantitative survey was conducted on a convenience sample of employed adults (N = 355) at managerial and staff levels in the human resource management field. A canonical correlation analysis indicated a significant overall relationship between the psychological career meta-competencies and the retention-related dispositions. Multiple regression analyses indicated the psychological career meta-competencies as significant predictors of the retention-related dispositions variables. Structural equation modelling indicated a good fit of the data with the canonical correlation-derived measurement model. Moderated hierarchical regression analyses showed that gender and marital status significantly moderated the relationship between the participants’ psychological career meta-competencies and the retention-related disposition job-embedded fit. Tests for mean differences revealed that males and females differed significantly regarding their self/other skills and hardy-commitment while the marital status groups differed signifcantly regarding their behavioural adaptability and hardiness. On a theoretical level, the study deepened understanding of the cognitive, affective, conative and interpersonal behavioural dimensions of the hypothesized psychological career profile. On an empirical level, the study produced an empirically tested psychological career profile in terms of the various behavioural dimensions. On a practical level, organisational staff retention practices in terms of the behavioural dimensions of the psychological career profile were recommended. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / D.Com.(Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

This PhD thesis, which is presented in the mode of published articles, explores the differentiating factors of a High Academic Achievement Program at a public technological university in Spain and how they can affect the definition of the university strategies. The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), launched in the 2010-11 academic year the High Academic Achievement Groups ("Grupos de Alto Rendimiento Académico", from now on ARA Groups), characterized by a good number of courses taught using English as a medium of instruction, a small number of students in the class, and highly qualified teachers. English taught courses are a global phenomenon, associated to improved English language and internationalization skills, but it raises concerns about learning outcomes and equity (Dearden, 2014). The purpose of this study was to assess the first promotion (2010-2014) of this program at the five university bachelor degrees of the UPV that offered it. We wanted to analyze if this action has had any impact on a set of variables related to academic outcomes, international exchange programs, and business internships of the participating students in comparison with the rest of students of these degrees and hence, on their employability upon graduation. The sample consisted in the total of 3,543 students of the five degrees offering this innovation, of which 560 belonged to the ARA Groups. The first article "Effects of business internships on students, employers, and higher education institutions: a systematic review" (Sanahuja Vélez, G., and Ribes Giner, G., 2015) was published by the Journal of Employment Counselling on September 2015. The second publication consists of a Book Chapter published by Springer International Publishing on January 2017: "Intrapreneuring within a higher education institution: Introducing virtual business internships" (Sanahuja Vélez, G., Ribes Giner, G., Moya Clemente, I., 2017) in Entrepreneurial Universities (Peris-Ortiz, M., Alonso Gómez, J., Merigó Lindahl, J. M., and Rueda-Armengot, C., Eds.). The third publication is a "Systematic review of English Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education institutions. The case of a Business School", presented as a conference at the 2nd Seminar on Learning Internationalization: English Medium of Instruction (EMI) of the Centro de Lenguas of the Universitat Politècnica de València (March 30 and 31st, 2017) and which is currently being reviewed for its publication in its international journal. The fourth research work is the article "Enhancing student internationalization and employability in a Business School", which is presently been given full consideration for publication at the Journal of Business Management and Business Economics. The fifth article presents the core results of the empirical part of this research work and it is entitled: "Introducing a High Academic Achievement Program in a Technological University as a Social Innovation Mechanism to Enhance Graduates' Employability". This paper is currently given full consideration for publication at the journal Technovation. The overall conclusions of our research allow us to conclude that, from the academic point of view, the objectives of the High Academic Achievement Groups of the UPV were met, as results show that academic performance was enhanced. Our results also show that participation into exchange programs, at the School of Business Administration and Management and in the UPV as a whole, was almost four times higher in the ARA groups. Having in mind that better grades and international experience are directly linked to future employability and mobility of graduates, it is expected that these graduates will have a superior reception in the labor market. / Esta tesis doctoral, que se presenta en el formato de artículos publicados, explora los factores diferenciadores de un Programa de Alto Rendimiento Académico en una universidad politécnica pública en España y cómo pueden afectar al diseño de estrategias universitarias. La Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) implementó en el curso 2010-11 los Grupos de Alto Rendimiento Académico (Grupos ARA), caracterizados por un alto número de asignaturas impartidas en inglés, un número pequeño de estudiantes por clase y profesores altamente calificados. El uso del inglés como medio de instrucción (EMI) es un fenómeno global, asociado a la mejora de los conocimientos del idioma inglés y de las habilidades interculturales, pero plantea algunas preocupaciones sobre los resultados sobre el aprendizaje y la equidad (Dearden, 2014). El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la primera promoción (2010-2014) de este programa en los cinco títulos de grado universitario de la UPV en los que se ofertaron los Grupos ARA. Queríamos analizar si está acción ha tenido algún impacto en distintas variables relacionadas con los resultados académicos, los programas de intercambio internacional y las prácticas en empresas en los alumnos participantes, en comparación con el resto de alumnos y en consecuencia, en su empleabilidad al graduarse. La muestra consistió en un total de 3.543 estudiantes, de los cuales 560 estaban matriculados en los grupos ARA y el resto, 2.983, en los grupos regulares. El primer artículo, titulado "Efectos de las prácticas en empresas en estudiantes, empresas e instituciones de educación superior: una revisión sistemática" (Sanahuja Vélez, G., Ribes Giner, G.), fue publicado por el Journal of Employment Counseling en septiembre de 2015. La segunda publicación consta de un capítulo de libro publicado por Springer International Publishing en enero de 2017: "Intraentreprendedurismo dentro de una institución de educación superior: las prácticas en empresa virtuales" en "Entrepreneurial Universities" (Peris-Ortiz, M., Alonso Gómez, J., Merigó Lindahl, J. M., and Rueda-Armengot, C., Eds.). La tercera publicación es una "Revisión sistemática del inglés como medio de instrucción (EMI) en instituciones de educación superior. El caso de una Facultad de Administración y Dirección de Empresas", presentada como Conferencia en el 2º Seminario de Internacionalización del Aprendizaje: Inglés como Medio de Instrucción (EMI) del Centro de Lenguas de la Universitat Politècnica de València (30 y 31 de marzo de 2017) y actualmente en revisión para su publicación en la correspondiente revista internacional. El cuarto trabajo de investigación es el artículo "Promocionar la internacionalización de los estudiantes y la empleabilidad en una escuela de negocios" (Sanahuja Vélez, G., Ribes Giner, G., Moya Clemente, I.), que actualmente se considera plenamente para su publicación en el Journal of Business Management y Business Economics. El quinto artículo presenta los principales resultados de la parte empírica de este trabajo de investigación y se titula: "Introducción de un Programa de Alto Rendimiento Académico en una Universidad Tecnológica como Mecanismo de Innovación Social para Mejorar la Empleabilidad de los Graduados" (Sanahuja Vélez, G., Ribes Giner, G., Moya Clemente, I.). Este artículo ha sido enviado a la revista internacional Technovation y en la actualidad está siendo revisado para su publicación. Como resultado de nuestra investigación empírica podemos destacar los factores diferenciadores de los Grupos ARA, que son: un mayor rendimiento académico de los estudiantes, una mayor participación en programas internacionales, además de una participación en prácticas en empresas sin diferencias significativas respecto a los demás grupos, todo lo cual conduce a una mayor empleabilidad y movilidad. / Esta tesi doctoral, que es presenta en la forma d'articles publicats, explora els factors diferenciadors d'un Programa d'Alt Rendiment Acadèmic en una universitat politècnica pública a Espanya i com poden afectar la definició de les estratègies universitàries. La Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), va implementar en l'any acadèmic 2010-11 els "Grups d'Alt Rendiment Acadèmic" (Grups ARA), que es caracteritzen per un bon nombre de cursos que s'imparteixen utilitzant l'anglès com a mitjà d'instrucció (EMI), un petit nombre d'estudiants a la classe, i mestres altament qualificats. L'EMI és un fenomen global, associat a la millora dels coneixements d'anglès i de la internacionalització, però planteja preocupacions sobre els resultats de l'aprenentatge i l'equitat (Dearden, 2014). El propòsit d'aquest estudi va ser avaluar la primera promoció (2010-2014) d'aquest programa en els cinc graus universitaris de la UPV que en que s'hi va oferir. Vam voler analitzar si tenia algun impacte sobre diverses variables relacionades amb els resultats acadèmics, programes d'intercanvi internacionals i pràctiques en empreses dels 3.543 estudiants matriculats, dels quals 560 pertanyeren a eixos nous grups, i per tant en la seva futura ocupabilitat. El primer article "Efectes de les pràctiques en empreses en els estudiants, empresaris i institucions d'educació superior: una revisió sistemàtica" (Sanahuja Vélez, G., Ribes Giner, G.), va ser publicat per la revista Journal of Employment Counselling al setembre de 2015. La segona publicació consta d'un capítol de llibre publicat per Springer International Publishing, al gener 2017: "Intraentreprendurisme dins d'una institució d'educació superior: Presentació de les pràctiques virtuals en empreses" en "Entrepreneurial Universities" (Peris-Ortiz, M., Alonso Gómez, J., Merigó-Lindahl, J. M., Rueda-Armengot, C., Eds.). La tercera publicació és una "Revisió sistemàtica de l'Anglès com a mitjà d'instrucció (EMI) en les institucions d'educació superior. El cas d'una Escola de Negocis", presentada com conferència al 2ón Seminari sobre "Learning Internationalization: English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI)" del Centre de Llengües de la Universitat Politècnica de València (30 de març i el 31 de 2017) i actualment en revisió per a la seva publicació a la corresponent revista internacional. El quart treball d'investigació és l'article "Millora de la internacionalització i l'ocupabilitat dels estudiants a una Facultat de Negocis" (Sanahuja Vélez, G., Ribes Giner, G., Moya Clemente, I), que en l'actualitat ha rebut plena consideració per a la seva publicació al Journal of Business Management and Business Economics. El cinquè article presenta els principals resultats de la part empírica d'este treball d'investigació i es titula: "Introducció d'un Programa d'Alt Rendiment Acadèmic en una Universitat Tecnològica com a Mecanisme d'Innovació Social per Millorar l'Ocupabilitat dels Graduats" (Sanahuja Vélez, G., Ribes Giner, G., Moya Clemente, I.). Este article està en l'actualitat essent revisat per a la seva publicació a la revista internacional Technovation. En este article s'explora el paper d'un programa d'Alt Rendiment Acadèmic (Grups ARA) en una universitat tecnólogica pública espanyola, com a mecanisme d'innovació social, a fi de crear valor afegit en termes d'ocupabilitat. Les conclusions generals de la nostra investigació ens permeten afirmar que, des del punt de vista acadèmic, es van complir els objectius dels Grups d'Alt Rendiment Acadèmic de la UPV, ja que els resultats demostren que el rendiment acadèmic dels alumnes participants s'ha millorat. Els nostres resultats també demostren que la participació en programes d'intercanvi, a la Facultat d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses i en la UPV en el seu conjunt, va ser gairebé quatre vegades més gran en els grups ARA. Tenint en compte que el rendiment acadèmic i l'exper / Sanahuja Velez, G. (2017). Differentiating factors in ARA Groups(groups of high academic achievement) and its effects on the definition of university strategies [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/86184 / TESIS

This thesis reports on a meta-analysis of the most relevant employabilitycompetencies to foster refugees’ labour integration which may be potentiallyleveraged through a target language for specific purposes (LSP)MOOCsyllabus. Italso suggests to group the thus identified employability competencies into threecategories tofurther supportLSPMOOC syllabus design and implementation.Themethodology of meta-analysis was based on Cooper’s (2017) five-stage model andguided by exploratory data analysis (EDA) of a dedicated research corpus that wasspecifically tailored for this study. Three data mining tools were used to performnatural language pre-processing and pattern extraction, directed by key terms(employability, competency, competencies, skill, ability, abilities, vocational,refugee,andlabour) used in various query combinations and limiters. IterativeEDApost-processing of metadata generated by these tools, based ontheoretical andsemantic sorting and integration, led to 21 re-aggregated clusters of employabilitycompetencies and the suggested categories for grouping them.The present studyshows that the broader capillarity of data and text mining tools, as well as ofEDA,can contribute toa more encompassing view of employability competencies and oftheLSP as a tool-competency, hence to a greater capillarity ofcompetency-basedVET(Vocational Education and Training) syllabus design, particularly the proposedinnovative type ofLSPMOOC syllabus. / <p>Examination Seminar held by Zoom given that it was a Distance Programme</p>

El objetivo del estudio fue realizar un análisis bibliométrico de las publicaciones científicas de la base de datos Alicia Concytec, para establecer información actual sobre los artículos científicos de empleabilidad en jóvenes egresados. Primero, se realizó una búsqueda de la variable empleabilidad en la base de datos Alicia Concytec, en la cual se encontró 5 artículos en total, de los cuales 3 artículos conforman la muestra de estudio por estar relacionados a la empleabilidad en jóvenes egresados. Así mismo, se realizaron los análisis de datos y metodología utilizadas, y se desarrolló un análisis de la información obtenida. En los resultados resalta la poca cantidad de estudios cuantitativos en relación a la variable empleabilidad y que el cien por ciento de trabajos contienen resumen, abstract, palabras claves, introducción, objetivos e hipótesis. Sin embargo, solo el 50% de los estudios cuentan con recomendaciones. En conclusión, se considera a la bibliometría como un método de investigación que permite medir el avance de la ciencia y su contribución. De esta manera, los fenómenos sociales de importancia son explicados con información real. / The objective of the study was to carry out a bibliometric analysis of the scientific publications of the Alicia Concytec database, to establish current information on the scientific articles on employability in young graduates. First, a search for variable employability was carried out in the Alicia Concytec database, in which a total of 5 articles were found, of which 3 articles make up the study sample because they are related to employability in young graduates. Likewise, data and utilization analyzes were carried out, and an analysis of the information obtained was developed. The results highlight the small number of quantitative studies in relation to variable employability and that one hundred percent of the works contain a summary, summary, keywords, introduction, objectives and hypotheses. However, only 50% of the studies have recommendations. In conclusion, bibliometrics is considered as a research method that allows measuring the progress of science and its contribution. In this way, important social phenomena are explained with real information. / Trabajo de investigación

The diploma thesis deals with the issue of damage and non-material damage caused by work accidents. The first chapter describes the basic concept of legal liability and main functions of the employer's liability for damage caused to employees. The second chapter focuses on the basic assumptions, fulfilment of which creates an obligation for the employer to compensate employees for damage and non-material damage. It also describes the work accident as a legal term and discusses specific situations such as a heart-attack, a work injury during team-building or a work injury during a business trip using interpretation based, in particular, on a review of Czech case law. The employer is not always obliged to compensate employees for damage and non-material damage. Situations in which the employer is released from the obligation to pay damages and non-material damage are described at the end of the second chapter. These situations include violation of legal regulations or instructions, drunkenness or misuse of addictive substances and, last but not least, reckless behaviour of an employee. The third part which is the core of the thesis, deals with individual types and scopes of compensations, namely compensation for loss of earnings, material damage and purposefully spent treatment costs. A particular...

Syftet med denna studie är att klargöra bakomliggande yttre och inre drivkrafter i samband med yrkesväxling mitt i livet, vad som bidrar till att våga ta klivet att börja studera, som en del av den personliga utvecklingen. Teoretiska utgångspunkter är följande: Abraham Maslows (1989/1943) behovspyramid, George Herbert Meads (2001/1934) signifikanta andra, Fuchs Ebaughs (1988) teori om vändpunktsprocesser och teorin om Planned Happenstance som Kathleen Mitchell, Al Levin och John Krumboltz (1999) är grundare till. Metoden som har använts är fokusgruppsintervjuer. Resultaten visar att de bakomliggande drivkrafterna i samband med yrkesväxling kan kopplas till behoven i Maslows (1989/1943) behovspyramid. De mest grundläggande behoven måste vara tillgodosedda för att individen ska känna sig motiverad till att påbörja en självutveckling. Ett hinder för att våga satsa på utbildning är sviktande självförtroende. För att överbrygga detta får omgivningens, signifikanta andras, (Mead 2001/1934) inställning en avgörande betydelse. En vändpunktsprocess innebär en identitetskris där en ny yrkesroll ska inträdas, en påfrestning för såväl deltagaren som hela familjen (Fuchs Ebaugh 1988). Andra drivkrafter, förutom självförverkligande, är en efterlängtad förändring av sin arbetslivssituation och deltagarnas önskan om att komma in i gemenskapen i en arbetsgrupp som de ser upp till. För att nå dit ser deltagarna utbildning som en väg och ett sätt att öka sin anställningsbarhet. Deltagarna i studien menar i flera fall att det var slumpen som avgjorde vilken utbildning de hamnade på men med Planned Happenstance som förklaringsmodell framgår det att valen egentligen byggde på medvetna ställningstaganden (Mitchell, Levin och Krumboltz 1999). Studiens resultat redogör med andra ord för några av de drivkrafter som motiverar individer att våga ta klivet till att börja studera, vilket kan öka kunskapen för studie- och yrkesvägledare, om hur individer bör bemötas och vilka områden som professionen bör fokusera på för att hjälpa individer nå framtida yrkesambitioner genom ett välgrundat val. / The aim of this thesis is to clarify the underlying human motives, both external and internal, in career choices of professional change, of which contributes to career changes. This thesis enlightens some of the societal conditions or obstacles that exist to a future study start, as part of the participants personal development, and clarify what led them to take the decisive step towards a new career path. Theoretical framework used is Abraham Maslow's (1989/1943) needs pyramid, George Herbert Meads (2001/1934) concept of significant others, Fuchs Ebaugh's (1988) theory of turning point processes and the theory of planned Happenstance which Kathleen Mitchell, Al Levin and John Krumboltz (1999) are the founders of. Method used is focus group interviews. Results show that the underlying human motivation processes in participants' professional exchange can be linked to the needs of Maslow's (1989/1943) needs pyramid. The most basic needs must be met in order for the individual to feel motivated to begin self-development. One obstacle whether to decide to invest in education or not, is failing self-confidence. To overcome this, the attitude of the significant other (Mead 2001/1934) takes on a decisive importance. A turning point process involves an identity crisis in which a new professional role is to take place, a strain for both the participant and the whole family (Fuchs Ebaugh 1988). Other human motivation processes, besides self-realization, are a long-awaited change in their working life situation and the participants' desire to enter the community in a working group they look forward to. To get there, participants see education as a fulfilling way and a way to increase their employability. The participants in this study believe that it was random that decided which education they ended up with in many cases, but with Planned Happenstance as an explanatory model it appears that the choice were really based on conscious attitudes (Mitchell, Levin and Krumboltz 1999). This thesis can increase the knowledge for study and career counselors, about how individuals should be approached and what areas the profession should focus on to help individuals reach future career aspirations through an informed choice.