...Paula Musuva Purpose The purpose of this review is to quantify patterns on how digital skills relate to youth employment in Africa through a structured narrative synthesis. Africa’s youthful population is growing rapidly, with the rate of youth unemployment exceeding global averages. Digital...

...Francis Ansah; Patrick Swanzy; Regina Anuwah Obeng; Alexander Kwadwo Asmah Purpose This study investigates the level of Ghanaian youth's interest in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) certification courses, using career outcome expectations and demographic characteristics...

... and online social capital more than demographic background. Originality/value Results suggest that education helps enhance digital literacy, offsetting the influence of socio-demographic background. The author examines the implications of how to implement training programmes in youth settings to enhance...

...Degsew Melak; Beyene Derso Purpose Currently, there is widespread consensus that training is helpful to the long-term success of business competitive advantages. However, youth continue to invest in various self-employment business options with low quality of short term trainings. The purpose...

... to an increasingly more autonomous learner. Jehangir Bharucha can be contacted at: jehangir.bharucha@hrcollege.edu 26 07 2017 23 11 2017 04 12 2017 07 12 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Education Youth...

...Nathan Eva; Sen Sendjaya Purpose In light of the research‐practice gap in youth leadership development, the purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of youth leadership development in Australia, on the basis of a multidimensional and holistic framework of servant leadership. Design...

... The results are exemplary for one type of course at vocational schools. The results cannot empirically illustrate causalities between the structure of German VET system and the diminishing possibilities of youth with low levels of qualification but secondary data presented in this paper support the assumption...

... into work. These researchers have typically relied on data from a one‐off national survey, known as the “Down the Track Survey”, and the on‐going Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY). The Down the Track Survey was conducted in 2004 and is a follow‐up survey of students who completed training...

... Jobs Sexual discrimination Employers Youth The 1993 announcement by the UK government that it intended to introduce the Modern Apprenticeship (MA) was a significant turning point. In contrast with its lengthy history of sponsoring various youth training schemes (since the late 1970s...