... to the above, through SPRING Singapore, a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the government has introduced a range of grants targeted at up-skilling the workforce of SMEs through targeted short courses or subsidising the wage costs of graduates from vocational institutes...

... Graduates Talent management To improve their competitive edge in today’s challenging economic climate, organizations focus on seeking talent in diverse societies (Bell, 2007 ; Knights and Omanović, 2016). A number of studies suggest but do not make explicit why a diverse population is likely...

... pursuing a doctorate, program selection and rejection criteria, sources of information and financing, and, for those in the decision-making stage, reasons for waiting to apply to a program. The paper compares responses of those who graduated from or are currently enrolled in a doctoral program in business...

... training and experience have been shown to be increasingly relevant factors in the successful exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities (Lazear, 2003 ; Fayolle et al., 2004). Entrepreneurialism Women Gender Graduates Spain The promotion of entrepreneurship has been a constant...

... educational level of ethnic minority youngsters is generally considered to be one of the main explaining factors. The purpose of this paper is to find out whether ethnic minority graduates, who have successfully completed their higher education, also face ethnic stratification in the labour market, even...

.... Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on both qualitative and quantitative data collected in a longitudinal study of the early careers of UK graduates, incorporating both a large‐scale questionnaire survey and detailed interviews with a sample of respondents. Findings This paper highlights...

...Kecia M. Thomas; Leigh A. Willis; Jimmy Davis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine mentoring relationships involving minority graduate students in the USA. Design/methodology/approach The authors take a multifaceted approach to providing strategies to improve the opportunities...

...Pooran Wynarczyk; J. McGrath Cohoon; Zhen Wu; Wenyi You Purpose This paper aims to examine a subset of survey data collected through the Computing Research Association's Graduate Cohort Program to see how well theoretical and empirical factors fit with the actual motivations of women graduate...