Future Directions for Research in Graduate Employability and Workplace-Based Learning Development

Abstract

This book offers insights and practical implications for graduate employability in future workplaces and workplace-based learning such as internship through various sociocultural perspectives. It puts forth essential ideas and approaches on the development of employability skills and workplace-based learning outcomes. The closing chapter provides an integrated perspective of how existing research could advance the issues of graduate employability and workplace-based learning development, as well as continuing education and future workplace agendas from sociocultural perspectives. This chapter discusses future directions for higher education research in graduate employability and workplace-based learning development, as well as an agenda for employability research. It highlights some suggestions on how the research in this field might be extended and gaps in the knowledge might be filled by future research. It also highlights employability skills and future workplace research in the current coronavirus pandemic era, as well as synthesises the empirical and review studies reported in this book. It discusses about the significance of each chapters, bringing all together with a strong focus on sociocultural research in graduate employability and workplace-based learning development. Finally, the editor concluded the theoretical contribution of the chapters on this important research in graduate employability and workplace-based learning development.