Construction and operationalisation of an Employability Capital Growth Model (ECGM) via a systematic literature review (2016–2022)

This paper aims to conceptualise and operationalise an Employability Capital Growth Model (ECGM) via a systematic literature review of 42,558 manuscripts from Web Science Scopus databases published between 2016 2022 the fields graduate employability career development incorporating applied psychology, business, education, management. Two research questions are addressed. (1) How can addressing various forms capital in context preparing university graduates for labour market be integrated offer new ECGM? (2) actors, i.e. (a) students graduates, (b) educators, (c) careers professionals, (d) employers, The resulted final corpus 94 qualitative content analysis. Findings led construction ECGM comprising nine (social capital, cultural psychological personal identity health scholastic market-value economic capital), external factors, outcomes. Twenty-three opportunities operationalisation were also identified. theoretical conceptual contribution comes constructing bridge individuals transition into market. practical operationalising at education-employment nexus. Consequently, developing awareness factors outcomes improve students’ graduates’ employability, benefitting all actors operating ecosystem.