论文信息 - Rethinking pathways: comparing the career capital of knowledge workers in Australia and Singapore

Rethinking pathways: comparing the career capital of knowledge workers in Australia and Singapore

This paper interrogates and rethinks the notion of pathways (a Conference theme). In a knowledge society, there is need to include many other types and directions of movement within and between educational sectors throughout lifetimes. Moreover, knowledge workers’ careers are increasingly the responsibility of individuals rather than employers. Thus, individuals need to keep on reinventing themselves, engaging in ‘career investment behaviour’ (Greller 2006, p.544). This paper draws on data from two different research projects undertaken in Australia and Singapore. These projects involved individuals who had engaged in studies in two different educational sectors: the academic and the vocational. Australian respondents (N=190) had studied in both the [vocational education and training] VET and the higher education sectors; Singapore respondents (N=101) had graduated from both the formal tertiary education and the Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) sectors. Their pathway experiences in moving between sectors are compared within the conceptual framework of career capital.

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