Abstract
This article draws on a ‘within-subject’ design of employment of university graduates in China over two different periods, namely 2008 and 2014. This research was conducted based on semi-structured interviews and secondary data analysis with four groups of key stakeholders including universities, government agencies, labor-market intermediaries and university graduates. The ‘within-subject’ design enabled an in-depth exploration of how changes at formal and informal institutions affect the employment of university graduates in a fast-changing labor market. The results show that lack of institutional interactions, socially constructed norms that influence graduates’ perceptions and ambiguous directions of educational policies significantly affect university graduates’ employment.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 551-571 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Studies in Higher Education |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 10 Jul 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 04 Mar 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- China
- employability
- employment
- institutions
- labor market
- university graduates
- ‘within-subject’ design
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education