...Yuan Bo Xue; Boon Keat Ooi Purpose This study critically examines how the quality of work-integrated learning (WIL) placements enhances Chinese technical-and-vocational-education (TVET) students' employability and for whom the benefits are greatest, by testing a social-cognitive-career-theory...

...Aasim Yacub; Maureen T.B. Drysdale; Sarah A. Callaghan Purpose This study explored the relationship between perceived peer support, mental health and the well-being of students enrolled in work-integrated learning (WIL) at a Canadian institute of higher education, who were completing remote work...

... Licensed re-use rights only Employability Graduate recruitment Capitals Work-integrated learning Recruitment channels Recruitment The graduate labour market faces new challenges. The demands of the “knowledge economy” apply renewed pressure on those entering the workforce (Watt...

... an undergraduate degree (Challice et al., 2021). Work-integrated learning and internships offer an important means of supporting student employability (Carrell and Rowe, 1993 ; Jackson and Bridgstock, 2021 ; Kemple and Willner, 2008) since they have been found to build confidence, communication skills...

... on work-integrated learning literature, the authors first develop a conceptual framework. Thereafter, they undertake a multiple case study using data from a Master's Program in Corporate Entrepreneurship. Starting from the conceptual framework, the authors employ deductive thematic analysis in order...

...-use rights only Internships Work-integrated learning Employability skills Business students Intern Transferable skills Universities have traditionally focused on imparting theoretical knowledge, which forms a foundation that can be built on in the workplace (Fromhold-Eisebeth...

... a regional university. Findings The findings reveal the importance of developing a professional network by cultivating social capital while at university. Alumni identify all forms of work-integrated learning (WIL), connectedness through social media, the role of university staff and volunteering...

...Maureen T.B. Drysdale; Sarah A. Callaghan; Arpan Dhanota Purpose This study examined sexual minority status on perceived sense of belonging and compared sexual minority students and exclusively heterosexual students as a function of participating in work-integrated learning (WIL). Design...

...AnneMarie Dorland; David J. Finch; Nadège Levallet; Simon Raby; Stephanie Ross; Alexandra Swiston Purpose Work-integrated learning (WIL) has emerged as a leading pedagogy that blends theory with application. In recent years, policymakers, educators and practitioners have called for a significant...

...Cookie M. Govender; Terje I. Vaaland Purpose This paper aims to identify challenges in business school and business collaboration when implementing work-integrated learning (WIL) as a vehicle to enhance student work-life realities and possible employability opportunities. Design/methodology...

...Nadeera Ranabahu; Shamika Almeida; Elias Kyriazis Purpose This article explains how business internships can be used to develop innovation skills in undergraduates. Design/methodology/approach Using work-integrated learning and current literature on innovation, this article proposes...

...Margarietha Johanna de Villiers Scheepers; Renee Barnes; Michael Clements; Alix Jayne Stubbs Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an experiential entrepreneurship work-integrated learning (EE WIL) model recognising that the development of an entrepreneurial mindset enables graduates...

... students during their studies and as they prepare for the competitive labor market after graduation. Well-being Peer support Sense of belonging Work-integrated learning Mental health Emerging adults In summary, studies (e.g. Jones, 2007) have suggested a possible relationship between...

... rights only Higher education Learning outcomes E-internship Virtual internship Work-integrated learning Simulated internship Many higher education degree programmes have traditionally been focussed on the transfer of technical knowledge because such knowledge is seen to transcend...

... to study-related work experience as well as internships. Higher education Graduates Collaboration with work organizations Labour market effects Study effects Work-integrated learning In Europe, the last decade has seen an enhanced emphasis on networks and collaborative practices in higher...

... work-placement programs that are designed to develop students’ employability skills through work-integrated learning. Originality/value – Less effective attempts to support small businesses often involve face-to-face training for unrealistic periods of time that foreground technology rather than...

...Alperhan Babacan; Hurriyet Babacan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the current context, scope and problems in the provision of work-integrated learning (WIL) in legal education and how the adoption transformative pedagogies in WIL which is offered in legal education can foster...