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Careers in cross-cultural perspective
Inkson, Kerr (contributor); Khapova, Svetlana N. (contributor) - 2007
This e-book on careers in cross-cultural perspective contributes to the growing body of literature that addresses careers from different locations in the world, including countries far from the mainstream of careers research. It focuses on differences and similarities among careers and career...
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Career Development in the Middle East
Healy, Geraldine - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012682188
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The making of a modern nosey‐parker: careers in journalism
Beal, Brian - In: Career Development International 8 (2003) 5, pp. 247-252
Examines the nature of journalism and the ways of becoming a journalist. Details the development and training available, paying particular attention to the role of the National Council for the Training of Journalists and spelling out the courses available at the University of Central Lancashire....
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Conflicting vocational identities and careers in the sector of tourism
Marhuenda, Fernando; Martínez, Ignacio; Navas, Almudena - In: Career Development International 9 (2004) 3, pp. 222-244
This article investigates the formation of vocational identities of workers in the sector of tourism in the Czech Republic, Greece and Spain. Major challenges and conflicts shape the sector of tourism as a particular labour space. Emerging issues relate to the need for diversifying the offer of...
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Identification‐flexibility dilemma of IT specialists
Loogma, Krista; Ümarik, Meril; Vilu, Raivo - In: Career Development International 9 (2004) 3, pp. 323-348
Information technology (IT) is a new service sector characterised by an intensive dynamic that puts high demands of learning, flexibility and mobility on IT specialists. This article identifies two features that are decisive for the formation of work identities of employees working in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014693366
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“Brain drain” from Turkey: survey evidence of student non‐return
Tansel, Aysit; Demet Güngör, Nil - In: Career Development International 8 (2003) 2, pp. 52-69
the return intentions of Turkish students studying abroad. Various factors have been cited as important for student non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014693314
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Gender‐related differences in the occupational aspirations and career‐style preferences of accounting students
Danziger, Nira; Eden, Yoram - In: Career Development International 12 (2007) 2, pp. 129-149
when considering students with similar abilities who study competitively in the same achievement‐oriented educational … setting. Design/methodology/approach – The hypotheses stipulated an interaction between gender and year of study on students … questionnaires collected from a sample of 1,000 Israeli accounting students from the accounting programs at three institutions of …
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Personality, social relationships, and vocational indecision among college students
Ng, Thomas W.H.; Feldman, Daniel C. - In: Career Development International 14 (2009) 4, pp. 309-332
relationships. Design/methodology/approach – Data are collected from 202 college students in Hong Kong at four points in time over a … relationships (e.g. with parents and peers) are related to the intensity of college students' search for their overall identity … practice of assessing the development of students' vocational interests, another way to prepare individuals for the start of …
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College experiences and career barriers among semi-professional student-athletes
Huang, Chung-Ju; Chou, Chien-Chih; Hung, Tsung-Min - In: Career Development International 21 (2016) 6, pp. 571-586
. Practical implications These findings may be applied to athletes who pursue early specialization and students who engage heavily …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014694277
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Enhancing the contribution of volunteering to career commitment with friendship among university students
Cheung, Chau-kiu; Liu, Elaine Suk-ching - In: Career Development International 22 (2017) 7, pp. 754-771
Purpose Encouraging college students to volunteer is a supposed but uncharted way to contribute to their career … survey of 410 university students to estimate the effects of volunteering and friend network density at Wave 1 on career … panel survey of university students in Hong Kong require future research for substantiation. For instance, such research can …
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