The Transition from Graduation to Work

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

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.

• graduate employability
• graduate work-readiness
• educational institutions
• educational systems
• labour market
• fourth industrial revolution
• 4IR
• human resource planning
• stakeholder theory
• education planning
• training policy
• labour market transition
• personality resources
• intellectual resources
• meta-skill resources
• job-specific sources

• 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

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.

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