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Theoretical and empirical literature developed over recent years supports
the concept of employability as a construct combining complex
interactions of individual and contextual dimensions. This study aimed
to identify differentiated profiles in graduates, combining personal and
contextual variables related to employability. For this, 182 graduates
from a public university were surveyed about their sociodemographic
and educational pathways and employment status 18 months after
university-to-work transition. Then, a latent class analysis was performed,
which allowed the emergence of four distinct groups: well-equipped,
high demand, vulnerable and non-traditional pathways. By adopting a
person-centered approach, this study allowed the identification of
different combinations of factors that, although recognized in current
literature, seem to organize themselves differently among the
heterogeneous population that presently obtain a higher education
degree. This study also raises some practical implications, namely the
importance of differentiated interventions, taking into consideration the
specificities of each group.
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Keywords
Employability Higher education Graduates’ profiles University-to-work transition Person-oriented approach
Citation
Studies in Higher Education Doi: 10.1080/03075079.2020.1761785
Publisher
Routledge