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Higher Education and Job Employability

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Editors:
  1. Betsy Ng

    1. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

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  • Focuses on work readiness, employability and career development in the Asia Pacific
  • Provides insights to promote workplace learning and lifelong employability
  • Includes relevant strategies that facilitate the required skills in the universities

Part of the book series: Knowledge Studies in Higher Education (KSHE, volume 10)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  3. Importance of Higher Education on Work Readiness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Preparing Graduates for Future Workplace: Development and Validation of Work Readiness Assessment Inventory (WRAI)

      • Betsy Ng, Ai Noi Lee, Bee Leng Chua
      Pages 13-35

    3. Graduate Attributes of Singapore University Students: Perspectives of Singapore Universities and International Employers

      • Poh Hoon June Teng, Betsy Ng, Diwi Abbas
      Pages 37-59

    4. Key Attributes of Work Readiness: Perspectives from Employers, University Students and Instructors

      • Betsy Ng, Poh Hoon June Teng, Silin Yang
      Pages 61-85

    5. From School Success to Work Readiness: Motivational and Cognitive Factors Predicting Work-Ready Attributes

      • Bee Leng Chua, Betsy Ng, Ai Noi Lee, Silin Yang, Pei Shan Goh, Balanagu Satya Samhita
      Pages 87-109

    6. Developing an Entrepreneurial Competence Framework for Tertiary Arts Education Through a Delphi Method – A Chinese Perspective

      • Sunnie Yang He, Christina Wai-Mui Yu
      Pages 111-134

    7. Empirical Development and Verification of the Taiwanese Career Decision Scale for Undergraduate Students: Implications for Career Counselling

      • Peter Yang, Chih-Chien Yang, Alice Hsu
      Pages 135-152

  4. Job Employability and Outcomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Employability and Employment: The Role of Higher Education in a Rapidly Changing World

      • Leisa Hassock, Christopher Hill
      Pages 155-178

    3. From Lifelong Learning to Lifelong Employability: How SkillsFuture Has Re-conceptualised Higher Education for the Future of Work

      • Ying Chia, Yee Zher Sheng
      Pages 179-194

    4. Does Empowerment Matter? Promoting Employee’s Job Satisfaction, Creativity and Learning Commitment for Lifelong Employability

      • Amelia Huang, Ai Noi Lee
      Pages 195-215

    5. Navigating the Home Labour Market: Multifaceted Stories of Vietnamese Returnees

      • Thanh Pham
      Pages 217-234

    6. Pursuing Continuing Education to Promote Employability: Importance of Perceived Support and Growth Mindset

      • Vanessa Jiaxin Cai, Youyan Nie, Ai Noi Lee
      Pages 235-253

    7. Graduate Resilience in Future Workplace: Mindfulness-Based Research on Personality Traits, Trait Affect and Resilience

      • Betsy Ng, Leng Chee Kong
      Pages 255-285
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About this book

This book presents the most comprehensive discussion of emerging trends in higher education in the Asia Pacific, ranging from graduate attributes to integrated workplace learning, with an in-depth focus on work readiness, employability and career development.

It draws on the relationship between graduate attributes and employability, as well as vocational training or internship programs. It offers theoretical and empirical analyses that institutions, decision-makers or academics can work on together to enhance job employability. This volume will also include issues such as development of emerging and employability skills, as well as directions for the changing nature in real-world settings. The book consists of contributions from experienced international authors, offering detailed insights for those who want a timely understanding of the latest trends in higher education.

 



Editors and Affiliations

  • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Betsy Ng

About the editor

Dr. Betsy Ng, is a researcher and lecturer, and has been actively involved in education research since 2009. To date, she has over 50 peer-reviewed articles and conference paper presentations. Her areas of expertise include motivation and lifelong learning. She also has research interests in graduate employability and adult learning. She serves as a guest editor and reviewer for numerous academic journals and conferences including Learning and Individual Differences, Learning and Motivation, and American Educational Research Association. She is currently involved in several projects as a principal investigator and co-investigator, with a total grant funding of over S$1 million. 

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