OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Education and Training is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Am I wasting my time? The influence of course unemployment in academic dropout	63
Understanding the motivational predictors of students’ persistence in work placement learning tasks	38
Enhancing the effects of creativity training for business school students through art-based methods and blended learning	33
Mobile game-based learning in cultural heritage education: a bibliometric analysis	32
Reconceptualization and pedagogical strategies of public speaking competency for employability: an integrative review	31
Does renaming improve public attitudes toward vocational education and training in higher education? Evidence from a survey experiment	31
A disruptive model for delivering higher education programs within the context of entrepreneurship education	28
Girls in the combined cadet force: a qualitative exploration of the impact of their experiences on their graduate employability skills	27
All good things come in threes – required skill sets in the graduate labour market in Germany	27
Validation of measurement scales for undergraduate students' self-perceived employability and university commitment in the United Arab Emirates	26
Virtual internship during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring IT students satisfaction	25
Education and training for industry 4.0: a case study of a manufacturing ecosystem	24
Predicting students' soft skills: the role of psychological capital, psychological well-being and grade levels	24
Utilizing mobile-learning and CAP(E) lesson framework in improving the productive skills of learners in a hybrid environment	23
Socialisation, learning, and value co-creation: confidence to soft employability skills for international students	22
Narrative-based learning using mobile devices	22
Thresholds for dis/trust: exploring the impact of standards-based reforms on the process of being and becoming a VET teacher in England and Austria	22
Developing entrepreneurial competencies through deliberate practice	22
Individual entrepreneurial orientation: comparison of business and STEM students	22
Mentoring students in higher education for reflection and development of employability competences: a pre-test post-test design	21
Who will teach that class? Perspectives on teacher shortages from English and Australian vocational education and training sectors	19
Blended learning in entrepreneurship education: a systematic literature review	19
Validation of a new multidimensional work readiness scale and linkages between its constructs	19
Assessing sustainable career development: the Future-Sustainable Career Scale (F-SCS) for young adults	19
Variety of entrepreneurial skills measured in the entrepreneurship education literature	18

Differences in self-perceived employability between university and VET students: an analysis of emerging adults in Spain	18
The present situation and training strategies of innovative and entrepreneurial education teachers: evidence from China	18
The expectations of employability skills in the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the communication and media industry in Malaysia	17
Digital entrepreneurship intention and digital entrepreneurship behavior: the mediating role of managing learning and entrepreneurship education	17
Building Heroes: building bridges to support the transition from military to civilian employment in the construction industry	16
Analysing student satisfaction with teaching strategies in vocational education	16
The question of where: entrepreneurship education beyond curricular practices	15
STEM education in England: questioning the “leaky pipeline” metaphor	14
Continuing to choose the hospitality industry after graduation: the role of mentorship and internship satisfaction	14
Relationship between the informal social networks and entrepreneurial intentions of Chinese college students: the mediating role of entrepreneurial learning	14
Assessing graduates' transversal competences through an adapted MMI model: confidant interview vs stress interview	14
Retention of newcomers and factors influencing turnover intentions and behaviour: a review of the literature	14
The influence of participatory actions and collective agency on mechanical engineering students’ work placement learning environments	13
The importance of work experience as opposed to education on the opinion of waste management professionals in Tehran	13
Perceived artificial intelligence literacy and employability of university students	13
All the lonely people, where do they all come from: age moderating the mediation effect of loneliness among Portuguese students	13
The potential of virtual internships for management education: capturing student journey through experiential learning	12
Unleashing entrepreneurial potential: venture creation and self-directed experiential learning on social media amongst secondary school-aged business owners	12
Thematic mapping of competence-based education and training research through direct citation network analysis and topic modelling with latent semantic analysis	12
Addressing digital competence gaps in vocational education and training: evidence from a Spanish case study	12
TVET is under-resourced and held in low regard? Teachers’ perceptions of TVET in Bangladesh	11
Leading towards the students’ career development and career intentions through using multidimensional soft skills in the digital age	11
Built environment professionals’ perspective on digital technology skills	11
Student perceptions of Living Lab research internships in the COVID-19 pandemic – a Dutch case study	10
Governance structures and systemic challenges shaping the future of the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) workforce	10
CompEntre 4.0: developing and validating a competency model for Industry 4.0 startups	10
Understanding undergraduates' work values as a tool to reduce organizational turnover	10
Guest editorial: Technology infused education, preparing graduates for a digital employment market	10
Situating imposter syndrome in the experience of becoming and being an entrepreneurship educator	9
Students’ first professional placement: unravelling expectations and realities	9
The built environment craftmanship in higher education institutions: issues and prospects from stakeholders' perception	9
Motivating university management students on studying research methods: influence of career applicability, and emotional and cognitive interests	9
Smart working ecosystem as a driver of career productivity and educational sustainability among young university teachers: contextual insights from Pakistan	9
Aligning institutional resource commitment with strategic pedagogical development to create online distance learning provision in UK HEIs	9
Perceptions of non-formal education by gender, level of education and field of study	8
“We are just below the threshold of good jobs” – internalised exclusions of higher vocational graduates in China	8
Operationalization of graduate employability interventions in higher education – a systematic review	8
The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention: the moderating role of perceived governmental support	8
Interns’ experience with human resource practices and loyalty toward host internship sites	8
Ensuring a smooth landing for starting VET teachers: integrating induction and HRM practices	8
The effectiveness of hackathons on entrepreneurial intentions and behavior	8
Enterprise education: pre-service further education teachers' impressions and aspirations	8
Stories of employability: improving interview narratives with image-supported past-behaviour storytelling training	8
Does work-based social support matter? A perspective on Gen Z hospitality interns	8
Flexible future learning opportunities for built environment professionals – a case study	6
Horizontal mismatch in the labor market among university graduates in Chile	6
The paradoxical effect of new college graduates’ employability on career decision-making difficulties	6
Perceptions of empowerment and motivation as outcomes of a continuing vocational education and training (CVET) programme for adults	6
From satisfaction to reputation: a SEM approach to understanding key drivers in higher vocational education and training in Spain	6
Embedding sustainability in university work experience placements: a De Montfort University model	6

NEET in Turkey: a typology including jobless youths, parental education and employment status as determinants	6
Do personality traits matter for employability? The mediating role of grit and hope for success among university students	6
Drivers in the generation of university students' job preferences: an empirical study of person–organisation fit in social enterprises	6
Coaching to prepare students for their school-to-work transition: conceptualizing core coaching competences	5
A qualitative analysis of student reflections on public health internships	5
Is there a gender difference in STEM students' perceived employability?	5
Impact of quality assurance on TVET programs for the digital employment market of IR 4.0 in Pakistan: a quantitative investigation	5
Employability skills framework: a tripartite approach	5
Preparing students for the future workplace: how online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic hone required transferable skills	5
Does studying abroad matter? The case of entrepreneurial intention	5
Balancing individual and community dimensions: educators’ narratives on youth empowerment	5
Career planning and workforce preparation during economic downturn: perceptions of graduating business students	5
Employer collaboration in developing graduate employability: a pilot study in Ireland	5
How do vocational students evaluate vocational education internships – an evaluation scale development in China	5
Publisher’s Note	5
Guest editorial: Teacher recruitment and retention challenges in the further education and skills sector: lessons and solutions from international perspectives	5
Mechanism of internship in advancing employability skills: an exploratory study on business graduates in Yemen	4
Policy, practice and skill development: a study of Kazakhstan’s higher education landscape	4
A study on stereotypes about vocational education and its groups in China	4
Training of youths for effective self-employment practices	4
Digital competence in secondary education teachers during the COVID-19-derived pandemic: comparative analysis	4
Motivators and barriers to the entrepreneurial intentions of university students: are there any differences between business and non-business students?	4
It's about time to reduce the gender gap in STEM professions: an internationally assessed educational project	4
Boosting entrepreneurial competences beyond business and management–related disciplines. The case of engineering programs	4
Predicting graduate students’ entrepreneurial intentions through innovative teaching in entrepreneurship education: SEM-ANN approach	4
A systematic review of measures of employability	4
Breaking the stigma: the economic returns to trades education in Canada	4
Cultivating socially sustainable employability in Industry 5.0: exploring the impact of specific skills on the employability of management graduates	4
Innovation and sustainability from the perspective of entrepreneurial intention: a cross-cultural approach	4
Entrepreneurial intentions among business students: the mediating role of attitude and the moderating role of university support	4
Skill gaps in accounting: contrasting stakeholder expectations with perceived skills	4
The impact of cyber entrepreneurship education on Chinese college students’ self-efficacy and intention in cyber entrepreneurship	4
Education first? Triggering vs jeopardising entrepreneurial intentions	4
“I will learn from my mistakes if we are close and supportive”: a moderated-mediating model of learning from mistakes	4
The relationship between job precariousness and career capital in working students: the explanatory mechanism of job crafting	4
Bridging the employability gap: enhancing soft skills via business gaming simulations	4
The development and validation of the student's employability competences questionnaire (SECQ)	4
Reshaping vocational training: a study on the recognition of micro-credentials in job markets	4
Collaborative online international learning between Spain and Mexico: a microlearning experience to enhance creativity in complexity	4
How attractive are internship advertisements to prospective applicants? A mixed-method examination through the lens of employer branding	4
The early bird catches the flywheel: pedagogical components of entrepreneurship education in American higher education institutions	3
Boosting entrepreneurial intentions among potential TVET entrepreneurs of higher education institutes	3
Operationalisation and exploration of the Employability Capital Growth Model (ECGM): insights from university students in Vietnam	3
Extracurricular internships and university students’ evaluation of higher learning: a cross-cultural adaptation perspective	3
Enhancing digital literacy in education: educational directions	3
More than how you start or finish: performance trajectories predict interns’ post-graduation vocational outcomes	3
Construction of a competency evaluation index system for postgraduates of educational technology	3
University-supported job search methods and educational mismatch in bachelor's and master's graduates	3
Music major students' perception toward Chinese higher education curriculum in employability preparation	3
The entrepreneurial mindset in entrepreneurship education: what can we learn from S-O-R models?	3
Business students' psychological capital and quality of university life: the moderating role of study crafting	3
Re-envisioning vocational education: critical discourse analysis of a government publicity campaign in Hong Kong	3
Evaluation of the comprehensive thematic teaching effectiveness and technique/technology in culinary vocational education	3
Teacher perceptions about the reputation of technical and vocational education and training in Ghana	3
Building employability in PASS leaders through peer-assisted study sessions (PASS) programs	3
Business students' perspectives on case method coaching for problem-based learning: impacts on student engagement and learning performance in higher education	3
Examining perceptions of the tripartite relationship in higher degree apprenticeship programmes	3
Does extending the internship period in vocational schools of higher education lead to better employment results?: the case of Turkey	3