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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
All good things come in threes – required skill sets in the graduate labour market in Germany	83
Understanding the motivational predictors of students’ persistence in work placement learning tasks	60
Mobile game-based learning in cultural heritage education: a bibliometric analysis	53
Enhancing the effects of creativity training for business school students through art-based methods and blended learning	49
Does renaming improve public attitudes toward vocational education and training in higher education? Evidence from a survey experiment	44
Am I wasting my time? The influence of course unemployment in academic dropout	36
A disruptive model for delivering higher education programs within the context of entrepreneurship education	35
Editorial: international enterprise and entrepreneurship education	30
Girls in the combined cadet force: a qualitative exploration of the impact of their experiences on their graduate employability skills	25
Virtual internship during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring IT students satisfaction	25
The effect of role model teachers on students' entrepreneurial competencies and intentions	24
Education and training for industry 4.0: a case study of a manufacturing ecosystem	23
“Still haven't found what I am looking for”: rural black students' perceived work readiness and assessment of labor market access	23
How to develop higher education curricula towards employability? A multi-stakeholder approach	22
Predicting students' soft skills: the role of psychological capital, psychological well-being and grade levels	22
Employability tautological trauma	22
Validation of measurement scales for undergraduate students' self-perceived employability and university commitment in the United Arab Emirates	22
Three decades of interventions for the unemployed – review of practices between 1990 and 2020 and their effects on (re) employment competencies	22
Multilevel comprehension for labor market inclusion: a qualitative study on experts' perspectives on Industry 4.0 competences	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
Developing entrepreneurial competencies through deliberate practice	20
Utilizing mobile-learning and CAP(E) lesson framework in improving the productive skills of learners in a hybrid environment	20
Narrative-based learning using mobile devices	19
Influence of role models on the entrepreneurial skills of science and technology undergraduates	17

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

Enterprise education: pre-service further education teachers' impressions and aspirations	8
“We are just below the threshold of good jobs” – internalised exclusions of higher vocational graduates in China	8
NEET in Turkey: a typology including jobless youths, parental education and employment status as determinants	8
Perceptions of empowerment and motivation as outcomes of a continuing vocational education and training (CVET) programme for adults	8
The paradoxical effect of new college graduates’ employability on career decision-making difficulties	7
Employer collaboration in developing graduate employability: a pilot study in Ireland	7
Exploring the impact of positing entrepreneurship in nature of science: initial science teachers' perspectives	7
Drivers in the generation of university students' job preferences: an empirical study of person–organisation fit in social enterprises	7
Embedding sustainability in university work experience placements: a De Montfort University model	7
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
Employability skills framework: a tripartite approach	6
Coaching to prepare students for their school-to-work transition: conceptualizing core coaching competences	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
Preparing students for the future workplace: how online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic hone required transferable skills	5
Policy, practice and skill development: a study of Kazakhstan’s higher education landscape	5
A systematic review of measures of employability	5
A qualitative analysis of student reflections on public health internships	5
Evaluating the impact of social enterprise education on students' enterprising characteristics in the United Arab Emirates	5
“I will learn from my mistakes if we are close and supportive”: a moderated-mediating model of learning from mistakes	5
Is there a gender difference in STEM students' perceived employability?	5
Does studying abroad matter? The case of entrepreneurial intention	5
Innovation and sustainability from the perspective of entrepreneurial intention: a cross-cultural approach	5
Education first? Triggering vs jeopardising entrepreneurial intentions	4
Predicting graduate students’ entrepreneurial intentions through innovative teaching in entrepreneurship education: SEM-ANN approach	4
Life situations and lived experiences of young people who are not in education, employment, or training in South Africa	4
Reshaping vocational training: a study on the recognition of micro-credentials in job markets	4
University-supported job search methods and educational mismatch in bachelor's and master's graduates	4
Applying theory in practice: views of graduating business students	4
The development and validation of the student's employability competences questionnaire (SECQ)	4
Entrepreneurial intentions among business students: the mediating role of attitude and the moderating role of university support	4
The impact of industry-oriented capstone courses on the employability of EECS students in technological universities	4
Students as partners in university innovation and entrepreneurship	4
Skill gaps in accounting: contrasting stakeholder expectations with perceived skills	4
Training of youths for effective self-employment practices	4
The impact of cyber entrepreneurship education on Chinese college students’ self-efficacy and intention in cyber entrepreneurship	4
Abduction and entrepreneurial learning	4
Collaborative online international learning between Spain and Mexico: a microlearning experience to enhance creativity in complexity	4
Design, implementation and academic perspectives on authentic assessment for applied business higher education in a top performing Asian economy	4
Digital competence in secondary education teachers during the COVID-19-derived pandemic: comparative analysis	4
Factors influencing entrepreneurial intentions the most for university students in Vietnam: educational support, personality traits or TPB components?	3
The early bird catches the flywheel: pedagogical components of entrepreneurship education in American higher education institutions	3
Does extending the internship period in vocational schools of higher education lead to better employment results?: the case of Turkey	3
Boosting entrepreneurial intentions among potential TVET entrepreneurs of higher education institutes	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
The entrepreneurial mindset in entrepreneurship education: what can we learn from S-O-R models?	3
Teacher perceptions about the reputation of technical and vocational education and training in Ghana	3
Evaluation of the comprehensive thematic teaching effectiveness and technique/technology in culinary vocational education	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
Enhancing digital literacy in education: educational directions	3
Music major students' perception toward Chinese higher education curriculum in employability preparation	3
Construction of a competency evaluation index system for postgraduates of educational technology	3
How attractive are internship advertisements to prospective applicants? A mixed-method examination through the lens of employer branding	3
Building employability in PASS leaders through peer-assisted study sessions (PASS) programs	3
Re-envisioning vocational education: critical discourse analysis of a government publicity campaign in Hong Kong	3
Examining perceptions of the tripartite relationship in higher degree apprenticeship programmes	3