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The Transition from Graduation to Work

Challenges and Strategies in the Twenty-First Century Asia Pacific and Beyond

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Editors:
  1. Subas Dhakal

    1. School of Management, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

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  2. Verma Prikshat

    1. Australian Institute of Business, Adelaide, Australia

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  3. Alan Nankervis

    1. School of Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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  4. John Burgess

    1. School of Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Offers evidence-based guidelines for the revision of vocational and higher education programs to ensure the employability of their graduates
  • Presents cross-regional research findings that can influence government labour market strategies and policies
  • Highlights the most appropriate approaches to the employability challenges for all stakeholders

Part of the book series: Work, Organization, and Employment (WOAE)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Issues and the Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Introduction to the Transition from Graduation to Work: Challenges and Strategies in the Asia Pacific and Beyond

      • Subas Dhakal, Verma Prikshat, Alan Nankervis, John Burgess
      Pages 3-13

    3. Conceptualising Graduate Work-Readiness: Theories, Concepts and Implications for Practice and Research

      • Verma Prikshat, Alan Nankervis, John Burgess, Subas Dhakal
      Pages 15-29

    4. Mapping Stakeholders of Graduate Work-Readiness (GWR)

      • Alan Nankervis, Verma Prikshat, Subas Dhakal
      Pages 31-42

    5. European, American and Japanese Perspectives on Work-Readiness: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region

      • Jonathan Winterton
      Pages 43-62

  3. Country Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. The Future of Work in Australia: Preparing Graduates for Changing Work Patterns that Require New Skill Sets

      • Barbara Mumme, Roslyn Cameron
      Pages 65-84

    3. Work-Readiness of Indian Graduates: A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Assess Competence Deficits and Causes, and Possible Solutions

      • Sanjeev Kumar, Parth Patel, Verma Prikshat
      Pages 85-105

    4. Graduate Work-Readiness Challenges in Indonesia—Findings from a Multiple Stakeholder Study

      • Soegeng Priyono, Alan Nankervis
      Pages 107-123

    5. Graduate Work-Readiness in Malaysia: Challenges, Skills and Opportunities

      • Noorziah Mohd Salleh, Jabil Mapjabil, Rafeah Legino
      Pages 125-142

    6. Graduate Work-Readiness Challenges in Mauritius

      • Sarita Hardin-Ramanan, Loga Ballasoupramanien, Shafiiq Gopee, Vikash Rowtho, Odylle Charoux
      Pages 143-160

    7. The Transition from Graduation to Work: Challenges and Strategies in Singapore

      • Peter Waring, Christopher Vas, Azad Singh Bali
      Pages 161-178

    8. Graduate Work-Readiness in Taiwan: Stakeholder Perspectives and Best Practices

      • Min-Wen Sophie Chang, Julia Connell
      Pages 179-202

    9. Graduate Work-Readiness in Thailand

      • Surapit Promsit
      Pages 203-220

    10. Enhancing Graduate Work-Readiness in Vietnam

      • Nguyen Danh Nguyen, Nguyen Ba Ngoc, Alan Montague
      Pages 221-237

  4. Comparative Analysis and Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. Challenges and Strategies of Transition from Graduation to Work in the Post-2020 Asia Pacific and Beyond: A Comparative Analysis of Nine Countries

      • Subas Dhakal, Alan Nankervis, John Burgess, Verma Prikshat
      Pages 241-253

    3. Conclusion: The Future for Transition from Graduation to Work in the Asia Pacific and Beyond

      • Subas Dhakal, Verma Prikshat, John Burgess, Alan Nankervis
      Pages 255-263
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About this book

This book reports on the findings from a research study of vocational and higher education graduates’ employability challenges. The nature and extent of these challenges, their underlying causes, and effective strategies to address the problems in this area are all analysed from a multiple-stakeholder paradigm. The primary focus of the book is on governments; secondary, vocational, and higher education systems; and industry employers - rather than graduates themselves - in order to highlight the policy and strategy implications for governments, industry and educational systems.
 
Readers will acquire comprehensive information on the nature and extent of graduate employability in terms of country-specific challenges, together with a deeper understanding of their complex causes, and the inter-relatedness between governments, educational systems, industry sectors, and potential employers. They will also be provided with a broad range of stakeholder strategiesdesigned to effectively address these challenges within integrated national and regional approaches.


Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Management, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

    Subas Dhakal

  • Australian Institute of Business, Adelaide, Australia

    Verma Prikshat

  • School of Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Alan Nankervis, John Burgess

About the editors

John Burgess is Professor of Human Resource Management at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He has published widely in the field and serves on the editorial board of five international journals. His research interests include HRM practices in multinational enterprises, contingent employment arrangements, working time and health, and the transition from education to employment.



Alan Nankervis is Professor of Human Resource Management at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. His research interests lie in human resource strategy, international HRM, and HRM in the tourism industry.



Verma Prikshat is Lecturer at the Australian Institute of Business in Adelaide, Australia, whose research focuses on human resource competency frameworks, comparative Asian human resource management practices, and employability challenges in the Asia-Pacific region.



Subas P. Dhakal isLecturer in the School of Management at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, working in the field of sustainable development. His research experiences/areas of interests include: Corporate Social Responsibility; Disaster Governance; Green Employment/Skills; Social Entrepreneurship; and Sustainable Tourism in the South Asian/Asia Pacific regions.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Transition from Graduation to Work

  • Book Subtitle: Challenges and Strategies in the Twenty-First Century Asia Pacific and Beyond

  • Editors: Subas Dhakal, Verma Prikshat, Alan Nankervis, John Burgess

  • Series Title: Work, Organization, and Employment

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0974-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0973-1Published: 14 September 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4541-8Published: 08 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0974-8Published: 26 August 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2520-8837

  • Series E-ISSN: 2520-8845

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 263

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Human Resource Development, Higher Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Career Skills

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