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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
All good things come in threes – required skill sets in the graduate labour market in Germany	87
Am I wasting my time? The influence of course unemployment in academic dropout	67
Understanding the motivational predictors of students’ persistence in work placement learning tasks	52
Mobile game-based learning in cultural heritage education: a bibliometric analysis	36
Does renaming improve public attitudes toward vocational education and training in higher education? Evidence from a survey experiment	33
Enhancing the effects of creativity training for business school students through art-based methods and blended learning	27
Editorial: international enterprise and entrepreneurship education	26
A disruptive model for delivering higher education programs within the context of entrepreneurship education	26
Validation of measurement scales for undergraduate students' self-perceived employability and university commitment in the United Arab Emirates	25
Education and training for industry 4.0: a case study of a manufacturing ecosystem	24
Virtual internship during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring IT students satisfaction	24
How to develop higher education curricula towards employability? A multi-stakeholder approach	23
Girls in the combined cadet force: a qualitative exploration of the impact of their experiences on their graduate employability skills	23
“Still haven't found what I am looking for”: rural black students' perceived work readiness and assessment of labor market access	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
Narrative-based learning using mobile devices	21
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	21
Individual entrepreneurial orientation: comparison of business and STEM students	21
Three decades of interventions for the unemployed – review of practices between 1990 and 2020 and their effects on (re) employment competencies	21
Utilizing mobile-learning and CAP(E) lesson framework in improving the productive skills of learners in a hybrid environment	21
Influence of role models on the entrepreneurial skills of science and technology undergraduates	19
Developing entrepreneurial competencies through deliberate practice	19
Assessing sustainable career development: the Future-Sustainable Career Scale (F-SCS) for young adults	18
Digital entrepreneurship intention and digital entrepreneurship behavior: the mediating role of managing learning and entrepreneurship education	17

Differences in self-perceived employability between university and VET students: an analysis of emerging adults in Spain	17
Mentoring students in higher education for reflection and development of employability competences: a pre-test post-test design	17
The expectations of employability skills in the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the communication and media industry in Malaysia	17
Perceived artificial intelligence literacy and employability of university students	16
Blended learning in entrepreneurship education: a systematic literature review	16
Continuing to choose the hospitality industry after graduation: the role of mentorship and internship satisfaction	16
Who will teach that class? Perspectives on teacher shortages from English and Australian vocational education and training sectors	16
Retention of newcomers and factors influencing turnover intentions and behaviour: a review of the literature	16
Variety of entrepreneurial skills measured in the entrepreneurship education literature	16
STEM education in England: questioning the “leaky pipeline” metaphor	15
Assessing graduates' transversal competences through an adapted MMI model: confidant interview vs stress interview	15
Relationship between the informal social networks and entrepreneurial intentions of Chinese college students: the mediating role of entrepreneurial learning	14
The question of where: entrepreneurship education beyond curricular practices	14
Analysing student satisfaction with teaching strategies in vocational education	13
Building Heroes: building bridges to support the transition from military to civilian employment in the construction industry	13
TVET is under-resourced and held in low regard? Teachers’ perceptions of TVET in Bangladesh	12
The potential of virtual internships for management education: capturing student journey through experiential learning	12
The importance of work experience as opposed to education on the opinion of waste management professionals in Tehran	12
All the lonely people, where do they all come from: age moderating the mediation effect of loneliness among Portuguese students	12
Systematic mapping: educational and social entrepreneurship innovations (2015–2020)	11
Built environment professionals’ perspective on digital technology skills	11
Leading towards the students’ career development and career intentions through using multidimensional soft skills in the digital age	11
Vulnerable workers and the demise of adult education in England	11
Unleashing entrepreneurial potential: venture creation and self-directed experiential learning on social media amongst secondary school-aged business owners	10
Guest editorial: Technology infused education, preparing graduates for a digital employment market	10
Gendered personality traits and entrepreneurial intentions: insights from information technology education	10
CompEntre 4.0: developing and validating a competency model for Industry 4.0 startups	10
Motivating university management students on studying research methods: influence of career applicability, and emotional and cognitive interests	9
Interns’ experience with human resource practices and loyalty toward host internship sites	9
Enterprise education: pre-service further education teachers' impressions and aspirations	9
Understanding undergraduates' work values as a tool to reduce organizational turnover	9
The effect of entrepreneurship education on graduate students' entrepreneurial alertness and the mediating role of entrepreneurial mindset	9
Aligning institutional resource commitment with strategic pedagogical development to create online distance learning provision in UK HEIs	9
Student perceptions of Living Lab research internships in the COVID-19 pandemic – a Dutch case study	9
The built environment craftmanship in higher education institutions: issues and prospects from stakeholders' perception	9
Situating imposter syndrome in the experience of becoming and being an entrepreneurship educator	9
Perceptions of non-formal education by gender, level of education and field of study	8
Students’ first professional placement: unravelling expectations and realities	8
Flexible future learning opportunities for built environment professionals – a case study	8
Ensuring a smooth landing for starting VET teachers: integrating induction and HRM practices	8
“We are just below the threshold of good jobs” – internalised exclusions of higher vocational graduates in China	8
Game learning analytics of instant messaging and online discussion forums in higher education	8
Does work-based social support matter? A perspective on Gen Z hospitality interns	8
Stories of employability: improving interview narratives with image-supported past-behaviour storytelling training	8
The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention: the moderating role of perceived governmental support	8
Drivers in the generation of university students' job preferences: an empirical study of person–organisation fit in social enterprises	7
NEET in Turkey: a typology including jobless youths, parental education and employment status as determinants	7
Perceptions of empowerment and motivation as outcomes of a continuing vocational education and training (CVET) programme for adults	7
Employer collaboration in developing graduate employability: a pilot study in Ireland	7
Employability skills framework: a tripartite approach	6

Embedding sustainability in university work experience placements: a De Montfort University model	6
The paradoxical effect of new college graduates’ employability on career decision-making difficulties	6
Impact of quality assurance on TVET programs for the digital employment market of IR 4.0 in Pakistan: a quantitative investigation	6
Career planning and workforce preparation during economic downturn: perceptions of graduating business students	6
Exploring the impact of positing entrepreneurship in nature of science: initial science teachers' perspectives	6
Coaching to prepare students for their school-to-work transition: conceptualizing core coaching competences	5
Does studying abroad matter? The case of entrepreneurial intention	5
“I will learn from my mistakes if we are close and supportive”: a moderated-mediating model of learning from mistakes	5
How do vocational students evaluate vocational education internships – an evaluation scale development in China	5
A qualitative analysis of student reflections on public health internships	5
Policy, practice and skill development: a study of Kazakhstan’s higher education landscape	5
Is there a gender difference in STEM students' perceived employability?	5
Guest editorial: Teacher recruitment and retention challenges in the further education and skills sector: lessons and solutions from international perspectives	5
Publisher’s Note	5
Innovation and sustainability from the perspective of entrepreneurial intention: a cross-cultural approach	5
Preparing students for the future workplace: how online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic hone required transferable skills	5
The impact of cyber entrepreneurship education on Chinese college students’ self-efficacy and intention in cyber entrepreneurship	4
A study on stereotypes about vocational education and its groups in China	4
Predicting graduate students’ entrepreneurial intentions through innovative teaching in entrepreneurship education: SEM-ANN approach	4
Skill gaps in accounting: contrasting stakeholder expectations with perceived skills	4
The impact of industry-oriented capstone courses on the employability of EECS students in technological universities	4
University-supported job search methods and educational mismatch in bachelor's and master's graduates	4
A systematic review of measures of employability	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
Reshaping vocational training: a study on the recognition of micro-credentials in job markets	4
Design, implementation and academic perspectives on authentic assessment for applied business higher education in a top performing Asian economy	4
Boosting entrepreneurial intentions among potential TVET entrepreneurs of higher education institutes	4
Abduction and entrepreneurial learning	4
Education first? Triggering vs jeopardising entrepreneurial intentions	4
The development and validation of the student's employability competences questionnaire (SECQ)	4
Collaborative online international learning between Spain and Mexico: a microlearning experience to enhance creativity in complexity	4
Evaluation of the comprehensive thematic teaching effectiveness and technique/technology in culinary vocational education	4
Entrepreneurial intentions among business students: the mediating role of attitude and the moderating role of university support	4
An examination of comparative perspectives on international internships	3
Utilizing the push–pull–mooring framework to explore university teachers' intention to switch from traditional classrooms to smart classrooms in China	3
Building employability in PASS leaders through peer-assisted study sessions (PASS) programs	3
The early bird catches the flywheel: pedagogical components of entrepreneurship education in American higher education institutions	3
Boosting entrepreneurial competences beyond business and management–related disciplines. The case of engineering programs	3
Business students' perspectives on case method coaching for problem-based learning: impacts on student engagement and learning performance in higher education	3
Attitudes and intentions towards the adoption of mobile learning during COVID-19: building an exciting career through vocational education	3
Re-envisioning vocational education: critical discourse analysis of a government publicity campaign in Hong Kong	3
The impact of digital technology training on developing academics’ digital competence in higher education context	3
Does extending the internship period in vocational schools of higher education lead to better employment results?: the case of Turkey	3
How attractive are internship advertisements to prospective applicants? A mixed-method examination through the lens of employer branding	3
Business students' psychological capital and quality of university life: the moderating role of study crafting	3
Extracurricular internships and university students’ evaluation of higher learning: a cross-cultural adaptation perspective	3
More than how you start or finish: performance trajectories predict interns’ post-graduation vocational outcomes	3
Supporting students' employability through structured, event-based engagement with employers	3
Enhancing digital literacy in education: educational directions	3
The entrepreneurial mindset in entrepreneurship education: what can we learn from S-O-R models?	3
Music major students' perception toward Chinese higher education curriculum in employability preparation	3
Teacher perceptions about the reputation of technical and vocational education and training in Ghana	3
Construction of a competency evaluation index system for postgraduates of educational technology	3
Examining perceptions of the tripartite relationship in higher degree apprenticeship programmes	3