OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Education and Training is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
All good things come in threes – required skill sets in the graduate labour market in Germany	80
Understanding the motivational predictors of students’ persistence in work placement learning tasks	58
Does renaming improve public attitudes toward vocational education and training in higher education? Evidence from a survey experiment	50
Enhancing the effects of creativity training for business school students through art-based methods and blended learning	47
A disruptive model for delivering higher education programs within the context of entrepreneurship education	36
Mobile game-based learning in cultural heritage education: a bibliometric analysis	33
Editorial: international enterprise and entrepreneurship education	32
Girls in the combined cadet force: a qualitative exploration of the impact of their experiences on their graduate employability skills	30
“Still haven't found what I am looking for”: rural black students' perceived work readiness and assessment of labor market access	24
How to develop higher education curricula towards employability? A multi-stakeholder approach	24
Validation of measurement scales for undergraduate students' self-perceived employability and university commitment in the United Arab Emirates	24
Education and training for industry 4.0: a case study of a manufacturing ecosystem	23
Virtual internship during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring IT students satisfaction	23
Predicting students' soft skills: the role of psychological capital, psychological well-being and grade levels	22
The effect of role model teachers on students' entrepreneurial competencies and intentions	22
Developing entrepreneurial competencies through deliberate practice	22
Multilevel comprehension for labor market inclusion: a qualitative study on experts' perspectives on Industry 4.0 competences	21
Individual entrepreneurial orientation: comparison of business and STEM students	21
Narrative-based learning using mobile devices	21
Employability tautological trauma	20
Three decades of interventions for the unemployed – review of practices between 1990 and 2020 and their effects on (re) employment competencies	20
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	19
Utilizing mobile-learning and CAP(E) lesson framework in improving the productive skills of learners in a hybrid environment	18
Mentoring students in higher education for reflection and development of employability competences: a pre-test post-test design	17
Who will teach that class? Perspectives on teacher shortages from English and Australian vocational education and training sectors	17

Influence of role models on the entrepreneurial skills of science and technology undergraduates	17
The HEXACO, academic motivation and learning approaches: evidence from a central Asian country	16
Digital entrepreneurship intention and digital entrepreneurship behavior: the mediating role of managing learning and entrepreneurship education	16
Variety of entrepreneurial skills measured in the entrepreneurship education literature	16
The expectations of employability skills in the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the communication and media industry in Malaysia	16
Differences in self-perceived employability between university and VET students: an analysis of emerging adults in Spain	16
Analysing student satisfaction with teaching strategies in vocational education	15
What makes better career opportunities for young graduates? Examining acquired employability skills in higher education institutions	15
Blended learning in entrepreneurship education: a systematic literature review	15
Continuing to choose the hospitality industry after graduation: the role of mentorship and internship satisfaction	14
Building Heroes: building bridges to support the transition from military to civilian employment in the construction industry	14
Assessing graduates' transversal competences through an adapted MMI model: confidant interview vs stress interview	14
STEM education in England: questioning the “leaky pipeline” metaphor	13
Linkages between entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurship education: new evidence on the gender imbalance	12
Retention of newcomers and factors influencing turnover intentions and behaviour: a review of the literature	12
Perceived artificial intelligence literacy and employability of university students	12
Relationship between the informal social networks and entrepreneurial intentions of Chinese college students: the mediating role of entrepreneurial learning	12
The question of where: entrepreneurship education beyond curricular practices	12
TVET is under-resourced and held in low regard? Teachers’ perceptions of TVET in Bangladesh	11
Vulnerable workers and the demise of adult education in England	11
All the lonely people, where do they all come from: age moderating the mediation effect of loneliness among Portuguese students	11
Unleashing entrepreneurial potential: venture creation and self-directed experiential learning on social media amongst secondary school-aged business owners	11
Built environment professionals’ perspective on digital technology skills	11
The potential of virtual internships for management education: capturing student journey through experiential learning	11
Leading towards the students’ career development and career intentions through using multidimensional soft skills in the digital age	10
Gendered personality traits and entrepreneurial intentions: insights from information technology education	10
Systematic mapping: educational and social entrepreneurship innovations (2015–2020)	10
Experiential Entrepreneurship Education and the student-focused Entrepreneurial University	10
CompEntre 4.0: developing and validating a competency model for Industry 4.0 startups	9
Understanding undergraduates' work values as a tool to reduce organizational turnover	9
Guest editorial: Technology infused education, preparing graduates for a digital employment market	9
The built environment craftmanship in higher education institutions: issues and prospects from stakeholders' perception	8
Education as a key to provide the growth of entrepreneurial intentions	8
Students’ first professional placement: unravelling expectations and realities	8
Situating imposter syndrome in the experience of becoming and being an entrepreneurship educator	8
Aligning institutional resource commitment with strategic pedagogical development to create online distance learning provision in UK HEIs	8
Employer perspectives on workforce integration of self-initiated expatriates in Canada	8
Student perceptions of Living Lab research internships in the COVID-19 pandemic – a Dutch case study	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
Motivating university management students on studying research methods: influence of career applicability, and emotional and cognitive interests	8
The effect of entrepreneurship education on graduate students' entrepreneurial alertness and the mediating role of entrepreneurial mindset	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
Game learning analytics of instant messaging and online discussion forums in higher education	7
Ensuring a smooth landing for starting VET teachers: integrating induction and HRM practices	7
Perceptions of empowerment and motivation as outcomes of a continuing vocational education and training (CVET) programme for adults	7
“We are just below the threshold of good jobs” – internalised exclusions of higher vocational graduates in China	7
Flexible future learning opportunities for built environment professionals – a case study	7
Perceptions of non-formal education by gender, level of education and field of study	7

Impact of quality assurance on TVET programs for the digital employment market of IR 4.0 in Pakistan: a quantitative investigation	6
Drivers in the generation of university students' job preferences: an empirical study of person–organisation fit in social enterprises	6
The paradoxical effect of new college graduates’ employability on career decision-making difficulties	6
Coaching to prepare students for their school-to-work transition: conceptualizing core coaching competences	6
NEET in Turkey: a typology including jobless youths, parental education and employment status as determinants	6
Exploring the impact of positing entrepreneurship in nature of science: initial science teachers' perspectives	6
Employability skills framework: a tripartite approach	6
Teaching marketing to non-marketing majors: tools to enhance their engagement and academic performance	6
Employer collaboration in developing graduate employability: a pilot study in Ireland	6
Embedding sustainability in university work experience placements: a De Montfort University model	6
Guest editorial: Teacher recruitment and retention challenges in the further education and skills sector: lessons and solutions from international perspectives	6
How do vocational students evaluate vocational education internships – an evaluation scale development in China	5
Does studying abroad matter? The case of entrepreneurial intention	5
Preparing students for the future workplace: how online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic hone required transferable skills	5
A qualitative analysis of student reflections on public health internships	5
Career planning and workforce preparation during economic downturn: perceptions of graduating business students	5
Is there a gender difference in STEM students' perceived employability?	4
Evaluating the impact of social enterprise education on students' enterprising characteristics in the United Arab Emirates	4
Training of youths for effective self-employment practices	4
Life situations and lived experiences of young people who are not in education, employment, or training in South Africa	4
“I will learn from my mistakes if we are close and supportive”: a moderated-mediating model of learning from mistakes	4
Policy, practice and skill development: a study of Kazakhstan’s higher education landscape	4
Abduction and entrepreneurial learning	4
Predicting graduate students’ entrepreneurial intentions through innovative teaching in entrepreneurship education: SEM-ANN approach	4
A systematic review of measures of employability	4
Innovation and sustainability from the perspective of entrepreneurial intention: a cross-cultural approach	4
Education first? Triggering vs jeopardising entrepreneurial intentions	4
The development and validation of the student's employability competences questionnaire (SECQ)	4
The impact of cyber entrepreneurship education on Chinese college students’ self-efficacy and intention in cyber entrepreneurship	4
Design, implementation and academic perspectives on authentic assessment for applied business higher education in a top performing Asian economy	3
Building employability in PASS leaders through peer-assisted study sessions (PASS) programs	3
Digital competence in secondary education teachers during the COVID-19-derived pandemic: comparative analysis	3
Reshaping vocational training: a study on the recognition of micro-credentials in job markets	3
University-supported job search methods and educational mismatch in bachelor's and master's graduates	3
Students as partners in university innovation and entrepreneurship	3
How attractive are internship advertisements to prospective applicants? A mixed-method examination through the lens of employer branding	3
Construction of a competency evaluation index system for postgraduates of educational technology	3
Boosting entrepreneurial competences beyond business and management–related disciplines. The case of engineering programs	3
Entrepreneurial intentions among business students: the mediating role of attitude and the moderating role of university support	3
Collaborative online international learning between Spain and Mexico: a microlearning experience to enhance creativity in complexity	3
Boosting entrepreneurial intentions among potential TVET entrepreneurs of higher education institutes	3
Evaluation of the comprehensive thematic teaching effectiveness and technique/technology in culinary vocational education	3
Does extending the internship period in vocational schools of higher education lead to better employment results?: the case of Turkey	3
Applying theory in practice: views of graduating business students	3
The impact of industry-oriented capstone courses on the employability of EECS students in technological universities	3
Skill gaps in accounting: contrasting stakeholder expectations with perceived skills	3
Teacher perceptions about the reputation of technical and vocational education and training in Ghana	3
Music major students' perception toward Chinese higher education curriculum in employability preparation	2
Exploring employable profiles of elite student athletes through fsQCA: unleashing the power of their soft skills	2
Mission impossible? A strategic approach to improving the recruitment and retention of further education and training teachers in England	2
Role ambiguity in entrepreneurship education: expectation gaps between educators and students in venture creation courses	2
Can vocational interests of students be used to recruit suitable candidates for teacher training programmes in technical vocational education and training in Germany?	2
Impact of COVID-19 on South Asian graduates’ employment experiences in Australia: a qualitative study	2
VET ecosystems and labour market integration of at-risk youth in the Baltic countries: implications of Baltic neoliberalism	2
Examining perceptions of the tripartite relationship in higher degree apprenticeship programmes	2
Attitudes and intentions towards the adoption of mobile learning during COVID-19: building an exciting career through vocational education	2
The early bird catches the flywheel: pedagogical components of entrepreneurship education in American higher education institutions	2
An examination of comparative perspectives on international internships	2
Factors influencing entrepreneurial intentions the most for university students in Vietnam: educational support, personality traits or TPB components?	2
A conceptual model of students' reflective practice for the development of employability competences, supported by an online learning platform	2
Can gamification and interface design aesthetics lead to MOOCs' success?	2
How equity practices within universities facilitate women graduates' employability	2
Supporting students' employability through structured, event-based engagement with employers	2
The impact of digital technology training on developing academics’ digital competence in higher education context	2
Re-envisioning vocational education: critical discourse analysis of a government publicity campaign in Hong Kong	2
Business students' psychological capital and quality of university life: the moderating role of study crafting	2
The entrepreneurial mindset in entrepreneurship education: what can we learn from S-O-R models?	2
Business students' perspectives on case method coaching for problem-based learning: impacts on student engagement and learning performance in higher education	2
A critique of race-neutrality discourse among internship benefits: a critical discourse analysis	2
From high school to workplace: investigating the effects of soft skills on career engagement through the role of psychological capital in different age groups	2
Perceptions on the use of mixed reality in mobile environments in secondary education	2
International students' employability: a language socialization perspective	2
Industrial attachment and human capital of higher education students: constraints of Ghanaian technical universities	2
Utilizing the push–pull–mooring framework to explore university teachers' intention to switch from traditional classrooms to smart classrooms in China	2
Extracurricular internships and university students’ evaluation of higher learning: a cross-cultural adaptation perspective	2
Enhancing digital literacy in education: educational directions	2