Transversal Competences Towards Employability in Female Students

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Author(s): Maria Sarmento (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Marta Ferreira Dias (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Marlene Amorim (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Mara Madaleno (University of Aveiro, Portugal)and Carina Pimentel (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 28
Source title: Handbook of Research on Women in Management and the Global Labor Market
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Elisabeth T. Pereira (University of Aveiro, Portugal)and Paola Paoloni (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9171-9.ch004

Keywords: Business & Management / Business and Organizational Research / Business Science Reference / Management Science

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This chapter focuses on competences required from female students building on the analysis of perceived transversal competences expressed by female students as well as by male and female employers. The study addresses the transversal competences that are essential for female students transitions to the labor market looking at the deemed necessary competences from both male and female employers. The study offers a pan-European perspective from a sample of 282 female students, plus 88 male and female employers from Cyprus, Lithuania, Poland, and Portugal. Evidence unfolds a great deal of sensitivity on the part of female students regarding personal transversal competences and highlights different competence priorities demanded from female students by male and female employers. The results can inform the debates and policies about education programs and objectives while offering insights for female students' job searches.

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