OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Education and Training is 6. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Am I wasting my time? The influence of course unemployment in academic dropout	60
Enhancing the effects of creativity training for business school students through art-based methods and blended learning	35
Graduate employability in the Western Balkans: a career ecosystem perspective on labour market inequalities	33
All good things come in threes – required skill sets in the graduate labour market in Germany	29
Reconceptualization and pedagogical strategies of public speaking competency for employability: an integrative review	27
Mobile game-based learning in cultural heritage education: a bibliometric analysis	26
Understanding the motivational predictors of students’ persistence in work placement learning tasks	25
Corrigendum: A study on stereotypes about vocational education and its groups in China	25
Social and solidarity economy (SSE) approach for technical and vocational education training (TVET) empowering youth with disrupted education	23
Girls in the combined cadet force: a qualitative exploration of the impact of their experiences on their graduate employability skills	20
Predicting students' soft skills: the role of psychological capital, psychological well-being and grade levels	20
Validation of measurement scales for undergraduate students' self-perceived employability and university commitment in the United Arab Emirates	20
Developing entrepreneurial competencies through deliberate practice	19
Education and training for industry 4.0: a case study of a manufacturing ecosystem	19
Socialisation, learning, and value co-creation: confidence to soft employability skills for international students	19
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	18
Who will teach that class? Perspectives on teacher shortages from English and Australian vocational education and training sectors	17
Narrative-based learning using mobile devices	17
Utilizing mobile-learning and CAP(E) lesson framework in improving the productive skills of learners in a hybrid environment	17
Assessing sustainable career development: the Future-Sustainable Career Scale (F-SCS) for young adults	16
Development of a human-centric pedagogical ethos for construction management education amidst industry 5.0	16
Validation of a new multidimensional work readiness scale and linkages between its constructs	16
The present situation and training strategies of innovative and entrepreneurial education teachers: evidence from China	16
Differences in self-perceived employability between university and VET students: an analysis of emerging adults in Spain	15
The expectations of employability skills in the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the communication and media industry in Malaysia	15

Enhancing social entrepreneurship education through digital educational escape rooms: a literature review	14
STEM education in England: questioning the “leaky pipeline” metaphor	14
Mentoring students in higher education for reflection and development of employability competences: a pre-test post-test design	14
Variety of entrepreneurial skills measured in the entrepreneurship education literature	14
Digital entrepreneurship intention and digital entrepreneurship behavior: the mediating role of managing learning and entrepreneurship education	14
Building Heroes: building bridges to support the transition from military to civilian employment in the construction industry	14
The question of where: entrepreneurship education beyond curricular practices	13
Relationship between the informal social networks and entrepreneurial intentions of Chinese college students: the mediating role of entrepreneurial learning	13
Assessing graduates' transversal competences through an adapted MMI model: confidant interview vs stress interview	13
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
Continuing to choose the hospitality industry after graduation: the role of mentorship and internship satisfaction	12
Analysing student satisfaction with teaching strategies in vocational education	12
All the lonely people, where do they all come from: age moderating the mediation effect of loneliness among Portuguese students	11
Addressing digital competence gaps in vocational education and training: evidence from a Spanish case study	11
Unleashing entrepreneurial potential: venture creation and self-directed experiential learning on social media amongst secondary school-aged business owners	11
Thematic mapping of competence-based education and training research through direct citation network analysis and topic modelling with latent semantic analysis	11
The influence of participatory actions and collective agency on mechanical engineering students’ work placement learning environments	11
The importance of work experience as opposed to education on the opinion of waste management professionals in Tehran	11
The potential of virtual internships for management education: capturing student journey through experiential learning	11
Built environment professionals’ perspective on digital technology skills	10
Corrigendum: Entrepreneurial motivations and intentions: investigating the role of education major	10
Stress under the spotlight: linking preservice teachers’ employability perceptions to school engagement	9
CompEntre 4.0: developing and validating a competency model for Industry 4.0 startups	9
Leading towards the students’ career development and career intentions through using multidimensional soft skills in the digital age	9
The role of construction trade programs in fostering social mobility, job equity, and addressing skilled labor shortages	9
TVET is under-resourced and held in low regard? Teachers’ perceptions of TVET in Bangladesh	9
Guest editorial: Technology infused education, preparing graduates for a digital employment market	9
Governance structures and systemic challenges shaping the future of the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) workforce	8
Motivating university management students on studying research methods: influence of career applicability, and emotional and cognitive interests	8
Student perceptions of Living Lab research internships in the COVID-19 pandemic – a Dutch case study	8
The effectiveness of hackathons on entrepreneurial intentions and behavior	7
Aligning institutional resource commitment with strategic pedagogical development to create online distance learning provision in UK HEIs	7
Smart working ecosystem as a driver of career productivity and educational sustainability among young university teachers: contextual insights from Pakistan	7
Does work-based social support matter? A perspective on Gen Z hospitality interns	7
Students’ first professional placement: unravelling expectations and realities	7
The built environment craftmanship in higher education institutions: issues and prospects from stakeholders' perception	7
“We are just below the threshold of good jobs” – internalised exclusions of higher vocational graduates in China	7
Interns’ experience with human resource practices and loyalty toward host internship sites	7
Situating imposter syndrome in the experience of becoming and being an entrepreneurship educator	7
Drivers in the generation of university students' job preferences: an empirical study of person–organisation fit in social enterprises	6
Horizontal mismatch in the labor market among university graduates in Chile	6
The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention: the moderating role of perceived governmental support	6
Flexible future learning opportunities for built environment professionals – a case study	6
Do personality traits matter for employability? The mediating role of grit and hope for success among university students	6
The paradoxical effect of new college graduates’ employability on career decision-making difficulties	6
Employer collaboration in developing graduate employability: a pilot study in Ireland	6
Employment determinants of the poor mental well-being of student workers in England	6
Stories of employability: improving interview narratives with image-supported past-behaviour storytelling training	6
NEET in Turkey: a typology including jobless youths, parental education and employment status as determinants	6

Impact of quality assurance on TVET programs for the digital employment market of IR 4.0 in Pakistan: a quantitative investigation	6
From satisfaction to reputation: a SEM approach to understanding key drivers in higher vocational education and training in Spain	6
Perceptions of non-formal education by gender, level of education and field of study	6
Operationalization of graduate employability interventions in higher education – a systematic review	6
Ensuring a smooth landing for starting VET teachers: integrating induction and HRM practices	6
Embedding sustainability in university work experience placements: a De Montfort University model	6