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Competence Development and Employability Expectations: A Gender Perspective of Mobility Programmes in Higher Education

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: This paper analyses the role of study-abroad programmes in higher education by examining how students’ participation can foster competence development and employability expectations. Our research focuses on the acquisition of competences through the international mobility programme Erasmus+ of 191 students of an undergraduate programme in tourism, considering the different perceptions of male and female students. Our results confirm that five out of the six competences which students develop through Erasmus+ mobility have a positive and significant influence on their employability expectations. Our findings also confirm that male and female students have different perceptions concerning the influence on their employability expectations of those competences acquired during their experience studying abroad.

Source: Administrative Sciences

DOI: 10.3390/admsci10030074

Authors: Francisca Rosa Álamo-Vera, Lidia Hernández-López, José Luis Ballesteros-Rodríguez, Petra De Saá-Pérez

Institution: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Language: English

Topic: International Student and Expatriate Challenges

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth, Gender equality

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,056