Employability and students’ part‐time work in the <scp>UK</scp>: does self‐efficacy and career aspiration matter?

Gbadamosi, Gbolahan; Evans, Carl; Richardson, Mark; Ridolfo, Mark

doi:10.1002/berj.3174

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“…A clear distinction between Cambodia and the UK is the perception amongst this sample that an individual cannot be changed much by their educational experience (Gbadamosi et al 2015). This finding is in marked contrast to findings from western economies and may suggest a focus for continued evolution of the Cambodian higher education system.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…This finding may reflect the relative infancy of the Cambodian education system and highlight the need for development of the educational culture in Cambodia, especially at higher education level. However, like other Western samples (for example, Gbadamosi et al 2015;Yorke and Knight 2004) Cambodian students tend to agree with the malleable self-theoriesthat no matter what kind of person one is, it is always possible to change them. The perspective from this context further breaks extant research that widely stereotypes women as less competent than men.…”

Section: Gender Differences In Study Variablesmentioning

confidence: 82%

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Understanding self-efficacy and the dynamics of part-time work and career aspiration

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Understanding self-efficacy and the dynamics of part-time work and career aspiration ABSTRACT PurposeBuilding on self-efficacy theory and self-theories, this paper investigates students working part-time whilst in full-time higher education in Cambodia. It explores individuals' part-time working activities, career aspirations and self-efficacy. Design/methodology/approachData were collected in a cross-sectional survey of 850 Business and Social Sciences degree students, with 199 (23.4%) usable responses, of which 129 (65.2% of the sample) indicated they currently have a job. FindingsMultiple regression analysis confirmed part-time work as a significant predictor of selfefficacy. There was a positive recognition of the value of part-time work, particularly in informing career aspirations. Female students were significantly more positive about parttime work, demonstrating significantly higher career aspirations than males. Results also suggest that students recognise the value that work experience has in identifying future career directions and securing the first graduate position. Practical implicationsThere are potential implications for approaches to curriculum design and learning, teaching and assessment for universities. There are also clear opportunities to integrate work-based and work-related learning experience into the curriculum and facilitate greater collaboration between higher education institutions and employers in Cambodia. Social implicationsThere are implications for recruitment practices amongst organisations seeking to maximise the benefits derived from an increasingly highly educated workforce; including skills acquisition and development, and self-efficacy. Originality/valueIt investigates the importance of income derived from part-time working to full-time university students in a developing South-East Asian country (Cambodia); where poverty levels and the need to contribute to family income, potentially predominate the decision to work while studying.

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Understanding self-efficacy and the dynamics of part-time work and career aspiration

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“…These meta‐analytic findings are represented in primary research by such studies as Savery () on leadership aspiration; Hoobler, Lemmon, and Wayne () on managerial motivation; and Litzky and Greenhaus () on senior management aspiration. Even when the overall meta‐analytic conclusion of lower aspiration among women than among men is clear, there is also evidence that there is variability in this pattern, such as no evidence of gender differences in leadership aspiration (Singer, ) or career aspiration (Gbadamosi, Evans, Richardson, & Ridolofo, ; Morrison, White, & Velsor, ). This raises some hope for a contingency perspective—a perspective focused on identifying potential moderating factors in the relationship between gender and leadership aspiration—to identify those influences that would eliminate gender differences in leadership aspiration.…”

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confidence: 99%

Gender and leadership aspiration: The impact of work–life initiatives

Fritz

Knippenberg

2017

Human Resource Management

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Despite the increase in female leaders, women still remain a minority. As aspiration, defined as the interest for achieving a leadership position, is one predictor of advancement, it is important to understand conditions fostering female leadership aspiration. Because women face more domestic and child care responsibilities, we predict that there is an interaction between gender and work–life initiatives. These initiatives help employees balance their work and private life through simplifying the integration and diminishing tension between the two spheres. Because the work–life interface poses greater challenges for women, we hypothesize that work–life initiatives have a stronger influence on women's leadership aspiration. Results of a survey of N = 402 employed men and women supported this hypothesis. The interaction effect of gender and work–life initiatives on leadership aspiration was positive, implying that women's leadership aspiration is more influenced by work–life initiatives. Our other hypothesis which states that work–life initiatives—regardless of gender—are positively related to leadership aspiration was supported. Hence, men's leadership aspiration also was positively influenced by the availability of such initiatives. This study suggests that by implementing work–life initiatives, such as flexible work arrangements, leaves of absence, or on‐site child assistance, organizations may encourage leadership aspiration for both genders. Our data show that the interaction effect of gender and work–life initiatives was positively related to leadership aspiration, but this may particularly hold true for women.

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“…Table 2 reports descriptive statistics, using the items from the extended version of the Work and Study Scale by Gbadamosi et al (2015). Two facets of the scale: beneficial work and career aspiration are used and reported in this study.…”

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“…Measure of work and study: Two measures were extracted from the scale of Gbadamosi et al (2015), which extended the original scale 11-item scale of Richardson et al (2009 A four forced choice response option was used (strongly agree = 1, tend to agree = 2, tend to disagree = 3, strongly disagree = 4) in the original scales.…”

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Multitasking, but for what benefit? The dilemma facing Nigerian university students regarding part-time working

Gbadamosi

Evans

Obalola

2015

Journal of Education and Work

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Students working part-time while studying for a full-time university degree are commonplace in many Western countries. This paper however, examines the historically uncommon parttime working activities and career aspirations among Nigerian university students. In particular, how working is perceived to contribute to developing employability skills, and whether it is influenced by their self-efficacy. Survey data from 324 questionnaires was collected from a federal university, although the data analysis used a mixed-method. The findings indicate that despite low levels of part-time working generally among students, older, more experienced, higher level and female students, place a premium on the skills that part-time work can develop. Moreover, self-efficacy and being female, is a significant predictor in understanding part-time work and career aspirations. This study offers originality by focusing on students' part-time work, the value working provides, and its link with career aspirations, within a relatively unexplored context of Nigeria.

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Employability and students’ part‐time work in the UK: does self‐efficacy and career aspiration matter?

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Understanding self-efficacy and the dynamics of part-time work and career aspiration

Understanding self-efficacy and the dynamics of part-time work and career aspiration

Gender and leadership aspiration: The impact of work–life initiatives

Multitasking, but for what benefit? The dilemma facing Nigerian university students regarding part-time working

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