Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorGedye, Sen
dc.contributor.authorBeaumont, Een
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-18T14:42:29Z
dc.date.available2018-06-18T14:42:29Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-11en
dc.identifier.issn0040-0912en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/11676
dc.description.abstract

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore employability in the context of higher education (HE) from the students’ perspective. Limited attention has been paid to student understandings of their own employability in a Sport Science context and Tymon (2011) refers to them as “the missing perspective”. Design/methodology/approach: This paper presents the findings of a study of Marine Sports Science students (n=63) at a post-1992 HE institution which through the qualitative element of a mixed methods survey explored their changing articulations of their employability as they progressed through their studies. The students surveyed were in receipt of a comprehensive programme of enterprise and employability activities embedded within their programme. Findings: Qualitative results showed that Marine Sport Science students’ articulations of employability expanded in vocabulary as the students progressed through their studies. Definitions also shifted from those that centred on what employers want (extrinsic) to what the student had to offer the employer (intrinsic). Originality/value: There are very few examples of studies that explore employability from the students’ perspective and this paper adds understanding on this “missing perspective”. It also addresses a specific discipline area; Marine Sport Science, which has yet to feature in any literature on employability.

en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEmeralden
dc.title“The ability to get a job”: student understandings and definitions of employabilityen
dc.typeJournal Article
plymouth.journalEducation and Trainingen
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/ET-10-2017-0159en
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA23 Education
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-01-31en
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot knownen
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1108/ET-10-2017-0159en
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserveden
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2018-06-11en
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen


Files in this item

Thumbnail
Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record


All items in PEARL are protected by copyright law.
Author manuscripts deposited to comply with open access mandates are made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the details provided on the item record or document. In the absence of an open licence (e.g. Creative Commons), permissions for further reuse of content should be sought from the publisher or author.
Theme by 
Atmire NV