Building Career Capital through Further Study in Australia and Singapore

Autor/inn/en	Harris, Roger; Ramos, Catherine
Titel	Building Career Capital through Further Study in Australia and Singapore
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 32 (2013) 5, S.620-638 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
DOI	10.1080/02601370.2012.753124
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Lifelong Learning; Career Development; Continuing Education; Vocational Education; Higher Education; Online Surveys; Interviews; Cultural Differences; Political Influences; Social Capital; Human Capital; Technical Education; Educational Attainment; Cross Cultural Studies; Australia; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Berufsentwicklung; Weiterbildung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kultureller Unterschied; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Sozialkapital; Humankapital; Technikunterricht; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Australien; Singapur
Abstract	In modern society, individuals are having to assume increasing responsibility for their own career trajectories. One of the key ways in which individuals can engage in such "career self-management" is by taking up learning opportunities through further study. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to explore, using the conceptual framework of career capital, ways in which samples of adults in Australia and Singapore perceive that they are self-managing and leveraging their careers through continuing education, and the nature of the career capital they are accumulating. It draws on data from two different research projects undertaken in Australia and Singapore. These projects involved individuals who had undertaken studies in two different educational sectors: the academic and the vocational. Australian respondents ("n" = 190) had studied in both the vocational education and training (VET) and the higher education (HE) sectors; Singaporean respondents ("n" = 101) had graduated from both the formal tertiary education (PET) and the Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) sectors. Data were gathered through online surveys and in-depth interviews. Based on the reports from these samples, the study found that the building of career capital was being played out relatively consistently despite educational, political and cultural differences, but that different emphases were placed on the types of career capital, with 'knowing-how' the most important. (As Provided).
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