Business graduates and management jobs: An employability match made in heaven?

Wilton, N. (2008) Business graduates and management jobs: An employability match made in heaven? Journal of education and work, 21 (2). pp. 143-158. ISSN 1363-9080

Full text not available from this repository

Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13639080802080949

Abstract

The rapid growth in undergraduate business education over the last three decades has coincided with the growing dominance of an economic ideology of higher education; that its role is principally one of contributing to national competitiveness through the development of graduate ‘employability’. In particular, undergraduate business education has been promoted as one means by which to address long-held concerns about managerial skills shortages in the UK and employers’ criticism over the work-readiness of graduates. There are concerns, however, about the extent to which higher education is able to adequately prepare graduates for employment. Drawing on data drawn from a questionnaire survey of 1999 graduates, four years after graduation, and a programme of follow-up qualitative interviews this paper reports on the experiences of recent business and management graduates. In particular this paper explores the relationship between skills developed on undergraduate programmes and those subsequently used in employment, particularly in managerial ca

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	graduates, labour market, employability, management, careers
Faculty/Department:	Faculty of Business and Law > Department of Business Management ~Pre-2010 Faculty Structure > Bristol Business School > Centre for Employment Studies Research ~Pre-2012 Faculty Structure > Faculty of Business and Law > Department of Business and Management ~Pre-2012 Faculty Structure > Faculty of Business and Law > Centre for Employment Studies Research
ID Code:	12466
Deposited By:	Dr N. Wilton
Deposited On:	05 Jan 2011 12:19
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2012 19:05