Cultural and Social Diversity and the Transition from Education to Work [Hardcover]

This edited volume provides multidisciplinary and international insights into the policy, managerial and educational aspects of diverse students transitions from education to employment. As employers require increasing global competence on the part of those leaving education, this research asks whether increasing multiculturalism in developed societies, often seen as a challenge to their cohesion, is in fact a potential advantage in an evolving employment sector. This is a vital and under-researched field, and this new publication in Springers Technical and Vocational Education and Training series provides analysis both of theory and empirical data, submitted by researchers from nine nations including the USA, Oman, Malaysia, and countries in the European Union.

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The papers trace the origins of business demand for diversity in their workforces skill set, including national, local and institutional contexts. They also consider how social, demographic, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity inform the attitudes of those seeking workand those seeking workers. With clear suggestions for future research, this work on a topic of rising profile will be read with interest by educators, policy makers, employers and careers advisors.

Collecting research from the USA, Oman, Malaysia and countries in the European Union, this book provides a wealth of multidisciplinary insights into the policy, managerial and educational aspects of diverse students transitions from education to employment.

Part I  Introduction.- Chapter 1. Leveraging diversity to promote successful transition from education to work.- Part II. The Demand for Cultural and Social Diversity.- Chapter 2. Cultural and Social Diversity in the United States: A Compelling National Interest.- Chapter 3. Perceptions of the Demand for Cultural Diversity in the Omani Workplace and Its Availability among Secondary School Students.- Chapter 4. lól