OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Education and Training is 8. 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
A disruptive model for delivering higher education programs within the context of entrepreneurship education	26
Editorial: international enterprise and entrepreneurship education	26
Validation of measurement scales for undergraduate students' self-perceived employability and university commitment in the United Arab Emirates	25
Virtual internship during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring IT students satisfaction	24
Education and training for industry 4.0: a case study of a manufacturing ecosystem	24
“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	23
Girls in the combined cadet force: a qualitative exploration of the impact of their experiences on their graduate employability skills	23
The effect of role model teachers on students' entrepreneurial competencies and intentions	22
Predicting students' soft skills: the role of psychological capital, psychological well-being and grade levels	22
Utilizing mobile-learning and CAP(E) lesson framework in improving the productive skills of learners in a hybrid environment	21
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
Developing entrepreneurial competencies through deliberate practice	19
Influence of role models on the entrepreneurial skills of science and technology undergraduates	19
Assessing sustainable career development: the Future-Sustainable Career Scale (F-SCS) for young adults	18
The expectations of employability skills in the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the communication and media industry in Malaysia	17

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
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
Assessing graduates' transversal competences through an adapted MMI model: confidant interview vs stress interview	15
STEM education in England: questioning the “leaky pipeline” metaphor	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
Building Heroes: building bridges to support the transition from military to civilian employment in the construction industry	13
Analysing student satisfaction with teaching strategies in vocational education	13
All the lonely people, where do they all come from: age moderating the mediation effect of loneliness among Portuguese students	12
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
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
Systematic mapping: educational and social entrepreneurship innovations (2015–2020)	11
Built environment professionals’ perspective on digital technology skills	11
CompEntre 4.0: developing and validating a competency model for Industry 4.0 startups	10
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
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
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 impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention: the moderating role of perceived governmental support	8
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