Employability-related activities beyond the curriculum: how participation and impact vary across diverse student cohorts

Jackson, Denise; Dean, Bonnie Amelia

doi:10.1007/s10734-022-00966-x

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“…Fourth, and related to the previous one, it would be interesting to test for the role of participants' socio-economic backgroundincluded within the ECGM's personal identity capitalthat may influence other capitals' accumulation (Donald et al, 2023). For instance, high SES students and graduates may have more relevant and meaningful work-related experience to accrue the cultural capital needed to signal suitability for a job (Jackson and Dean, 2023).…”

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“…Committing to a work-related identity should be accompanied by strategies to foster cultural capital, such as teaching work-related attitudes that new entrants can embody (Caballero et al, 2020). Also, in cooperation with other stakeholders in the graduates' ecosystem, universities should expose students and graduates to curricular and extra-curricular workbased learning activities and occasions to reflect on capitalising on these experiences to show cultural fit (Jackson and Dean, 2023). In this vein, new entrants should be provided with opportunities to exercise job interview skills and increase their ISE, stimulating the typical selfefficacy sources.…”

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The dynamics of employability capitals for the transition to work: career identity, cultural capital, job interview self-efficacy and self-perceived employability

Petruzziello,

Nimmi,

Mariani

2024

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Purpose This study aims to understand how employability capitals’ dynamics foster self-perceived employability (SPE) among students and graduates, which is still being empirically explored. Building upon the Employability Capital Growth Model and the Social Cognitive Career Theory’s career self-management model, we aimed to understand how different capitals associate by testing a serial mediation model connecting career identity (reflecting career identity capital) and SPE through the serial mediation of cultural capital and job interview self-efficacy (ISE) (an element of psychological capital).Design/methodology/approach We adopted a two-wave design involving 227 Italian University students and graduates. We recruited participants through multi-channel communication. The hypothesised relationships were analysed employing the structural equation modelling approach with the SPSS AMOS statistical package.Findings The results indicated that career identity, cultural capital, ISE and SPE are meaningfully related. In particular, in line with our expectations, we observed that career identity predicts cultural capital, which is positively associated with ISE which, ultimately, impacts SPE.Originality/value Our work adds to existing research by advancing the understanding of employability capitals, explaining how they interact and influence SPE, which is crucial for a sustainable transition into the workforce. At a practical level, our findings call upon, and guide, efforts from various stakeholders in the graduate career ecosystem (i.e. universities and their partners) to offer students and graduates meaningful experiences to form and use their employability capitals.

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confidence: 98%

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confidence: 99%