The Concept of Employability

By Ronald W. McQuaid, C. Lindsay. 2005

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Subfields: Education, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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Toward the Employability—Link Model: Current Employment Transition to Future Employment Perspectives (2008, background): “…the last decade, attention to research and practice in employability has increased specifically in the United Kingdom and Europe in terms of social policy (McQuaid & Lindsay, 2005) and in the United States in terms of individual skill development and adaptability (Fugate & Ashforth, 2003).”
Fostering Graduate Employability: Rethinking Tanzania’s University Practices (2021, methodology): “According to Smith et al. (2009), employability as a framework of analysis has a critical role to play in updating government labor market policy (McQuaid & Lindsay, 2005) and the education sector.”
Associations between perceived employability, employee well-being, and its contribution to organizational success: a matter of psychological contracts? (2011, background): “In the current era of globalization, policy makers and scientists express great interest in employability (McQuaid and Lindsay 2005), i.”
Soft skills and employability: Evidence from UK retail (2012, background): “McQuaid and Lindsay (2005) also argue a narrow supply-side conceptualization of employability does not take adequate account of employer demand issues.”
The graduate attributes we’ve overlooked: enhancing graduate employability through career management skills (2009, background): “’s ( 2000 ) definition encompasses two main types of attributes: (1) those which pertain to an individual’s capacity for citizenship (including involvement in democratic processes, social cohesion, equity and human rights and ecological sustainability) and thus ability to contribute towards a well‐f”
Rethinking graduate employability: the role of capital, individual attributes and context (2018, background): “…contribute to employment success, an alternate, and equally important perspective, is to consider demand side factors within the labour market such as number and type of job vacancies, skill requirements, degree of competition for jobs and location of possible employment (McQuaid and Lindsay 2005).”