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The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society

Part of the Higher Education Dynamics Book Series (volume 35)

Editors: Allen, Jim; van der Velden, Rolf

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1353-6

ISBN: 978-94-007-1352-9

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Jun 2, 2011

1 - 9 of 9 Chapters

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Chapter 1Introduction

Allen, Jim; van der Velden, Rolf

Pages: 1 –14

[In recent years, three major trends have been identified that affect the demands that higher education graduates face. The first is the increasing emphasis on education and training, the second the increasing volatility of labour market processes, and the third the increasing...
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Chapter 2The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society: Required Competences and the Role of Higher Education

van der Velden, Rolf; Allen, Jim

Pages: 15 –53

[This chapter provides a brief overview of the theoretical underpinnings of the REFLEX project and describes some of the key findings. Attention is paid to the demands made of graduates and the extent to which they are prepared by higher education to meet these demands. Five domains are...
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Chapter 3The Professional Work of Graduates

Schomburg, Harald

Pages: 55 –81

[The vast majority of higher education graduates approached in the REFLEX survey are working as managers or professionals according to the ISCO classification of their job title. However, the stereotypical image of the “classical professions” does not describe the situation of most graduates. The...
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Chapter 4“Being Flexible”: Graduates Facing Changes in Their Work Environment

Calmand, Julien; Frontini, Michela; Rostan, Michele

Pages: 83 –109

[In their working environment, graduates are exposed to at least two kinds of changes: changes in the labour market, which are associated with a need for external flexibility, and changes on the work floor, requiring functional flexibility on their part. The chapter investigates various types of...
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Chapter 5Graduates in the Knowledge and Innovation Society

Paul, Jean-Jacques

Pages: 111 –137

[According to the crucial importance of innovation for modern economies, the role of graduates regarding innovation appears to be a major topic when their performances in the labour market at stake. Five main questions are addressed in this chapter: (1) What does innovation mean? (2) Which...
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Chapter 6Mobilization of Human Resources

Allen, Jim

Pages: 139 –176

[This chapter looks at the role graduates play in the mobilization of human resources. A distinction is drawn between graduates’ mobilization of their own capabilities and their role in mobilizing the capacities of others working in the same organization. The chapter starts with an analysis of...
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Chapter 7International Dimensions of Higher Education and Graduate Employment

Teichler, Ulrich

Pages: 177 –197

[International mobility has become such a popular theme in Europe that the actual extent of mobility might be overestimated: Actually, 4% of the European graduates surveyed had been born abroad and only 2% had lived abroad at the age of 16. Twenty-one percent (varying by country from 12 to 31%)...
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Chapter 8Winners and Losers

Støren, Liv Anne; Arnesen, Clara Åse

Pages: 199 –240

[Both objective and subjective determinants of success and failure in the labour market are examined. The objective indicators are the employment situation and the wages earned; the subjective measures concern work values and the realization of these values, and job satisfaction. Almost three...
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Chapter 9Conclusions and Policy Implications

van der Velden, Rolf; Allen, Jim

Pages: 241 –253

[This chapter looks at the main conclusions and policy implications that can be derived from this report. By highlighting and drawing connections between some of the key outcomes in the preceding chapters, some general conclusions are drawn about the higher education experiences and labour market...

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