Autistic graduates : Graduate Capital and Employability
| Autor: | Henri V. Pesonen, Tarja Tuononen, Marc Fabri, Minja Lahdelma |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Education, Helsinki research community of special educational needs (SEN), Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ), The Centre for University Teaching and Learning (HYPE), Faculty of Educational Sciences |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management SPECTRUM Public Administration COMPETENCES education autism graduate employability SELF-EFFICACY autistic graduate HIGHER-EDUCATION Education STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS inclusion EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE 516 Educational sciences INTERVIEWS TRANSITION graduate capital |
| ISSN: | 1363-9080 |
| Popis: | An unprecedented number of autistic people are completing university and they frequently face unemployment after graduation. However, research focusing on the forms of graduate capital and their employability is scarce. The focus of existing research has been on non-autistic, or neurotypical, graduates. The human, social, cultural, identity and psychological capital might be different for autistic graduates due to the characteristics of autism. Using a participatory approach, our aim was to examine the five areas of graduate capital in the context of autistic graduates. The study involved semi-structured interviews with 15 autistic university graduates from England, Finland, France and the Netherlands. Data were analysed using theory guided content analysis and 'datadriven' approaches. Findings indicate that the five areas of graduate capital are particularly relevant to autistic graduates, who typically expose gaps in several capital, jeopardising their employability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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