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 Springer's
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.
The papers trace the origins of business demand for diversity in their
workforce's 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
work-and 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.