Development, validation and deployment of the EmployABILITY scale

Bennett, Dawn; Ananthram, Subramaniam

doi:10.1080/03075079.2021.1888079

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“…The scale presented here is based on the pre-existing model which has forms of graduate capital at its core based on forms of graduate capital and its items are aligned to components of this model. This makes it distinct from several other helpful graduate career readiness and employability scales that have emerged in recent times (Bennett, 2021;G. Cabalerro et al, 2020;C.…”

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Developing graduate employability for a challenging labour market: the validation of the graduate capital scale

Tomlinson

McCafferty

Port³

et al. 2021

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PurposeThis article provides empirical validation of the Graduate Capital Model, adopted at a UK Russell Group University as a tool to analyse and support the career preparedness of both undergraduates and postgraduate students. An overview of employability capitals and how the development of these will potentially result in positive employment outcomes is explored. We describe the development of a psychometric tool “the Graduate Capital Scale” that seeks to operationalize these capitals. We then draw on data to establish the factor structure, reliability and validity of the tool.Design/methodology/approachThis paper introduces a new psychometric instrument, called the “Graduate Capital Scale”; this self-reflective tool aligns closely with the five capitals within the Graduate Capital Model (Tomlinson, 2017) and has been designed for higher education students to self-assess their confidence in transitioning to the graduate labour market.FindingsBased on a sample of 1,501 students across data collection waves, the findings from the psychometric scale show good factor reliability and validity for the constructs central to the overarching Graduate Capital Model. Within each of the component of the model, high factors loading emerged for a range of scale items, including subject-related skills, social networking, perceived job market fit and engagement with extra-curricula activities. Few gender differences emerged across the constructs.Research limitations/implicationsThe research was confined to a specific English university comprised of mainly academically high-achieving and higher socio-economic students. However, there is significant scope for the model and related scale tool to be applied to diverse student groups given its wholistic nature.Practical implicationsThe scale has considerable potential to be incorporated into careers practices and also embedded into course programmes as it aligns with a range of related learning outcomes. There is significant scope for this approach to complement a range of pedagogical and practical career interventions, including: self-reflective tools within tutorials; measures of learning gain for specific interventions such as careers coaching and mentoring; and as a personal reflective tool in careers guidance.Social implicationsThe approach developed through this employability tool has scope to be used for diverse graduate groups, including those with lower levels of career confidence, preparedness and insight and including those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.Originality/valueThis paper has introduced and demonstrated the validity of a practical careers and employability development tool that has significant practical applicability for students, graduates and practitioners. Moreover, this scale supports a pre-existing conceptually driven model and has demonstrated a clear alignment between theory and practice in the area of graduate employability.

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Developing graduate employability for a challenging labour market: the validation of the graduate capital scale

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“…Students responded to Bennett's (2019) social cognitive measure of perceived employability, creating personalised profiles using an online self-assessment tool comprised of 135 items and five open response questions (see Bennett & Ananthram, 2021). Quantitative data were analysed using SPSS v16 to determine the weighted mean of each employability traits.…”

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Expanding Professionalism in Music and Higher Music Education

Westerlund¹,

Gaunt²

2021

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This book addresses the need to rethink the concept and enactment of professionalism in music, and how such concepts underpin professional higher music education. There is an urgent imperative to enable the potential of professional musicians in our contemporary societies to be more fully realised, recognising both intense challenges that are currently threatening some traditional music practices, and significant scope for new practices to be imagined in response to deep veins of societal need. Professionalism encompasses the conduct, aims, values, responsibilities, and ongoing development of a practising professional in the field. Professional higher music education engages both with providing future professionals with relevant education in particular craft skills, and with nurturing their visions for their work as artists in future societies. The major focus of the book is on performance traditions that have dominated professional higher education, notably western classical music.

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“…The study utilised Bennett's (2019Bennett's ( , 2021 validated measure of perceived employability, which is delivered to students as an online self-assessment questionnaire. 1 The tool took between 20 and 30 minutes to complete, with the initial outcome being a personalised profile report that included further information and embedded links to developmental resources.…”

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Does Regionality Influence Students' Perceived Employability and Career Orientation? A Study of Students at an Australian University

Bennett¹

2021

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Insufficient access to specialised career development within many rural, regional and remote (RRR) areas contributes to persistent differences in the higher education participation rates of young people from these areas. This paper reports on research conducted with 4,993 students at a university in Western Australia who self-assessed their perceived employability (career capabilities) and career orientation. Data were analysed by year and mode of study, location, gender and discipline. Comparisons were made between RRR students and their metropolitan peers. The findings compare perceptions of employability and career orientation among RRR students in comparison with domestic metropolitan students. This shows a level of commonality between the two groups, with lessons from research on RRR students being applicable to metropolitan students.

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Development, validation and deployment of the EmployABILITY scale

Cited by 34 publications

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Developing graduate employability for a challenging labour market: the validation of the graduate capital scale

Developing graduate employability for a challenging labour market: the validation of the graduate capital scale

Expanding Professionalism in Music and Higher Music Education

Does Regionality Influence Students' Perceived Employability and Career Orientation? A Study of Students at an Australian University

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