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This study developed and tested a model that posited employability and job performance as intervening variables in the relationship between receipt of mentoring and career success. Participants were 207 Information Technology (IT) professionals employed in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in three European countries. Mentoring receipt was related to both employability and job performan...

Finnish initial vocational education and training aims for graduate employability by emphasising self-directed learning workplace learning. However, little is known about what competencies teachers consider relevant graduates, how address in their instruction they perceive the benefits of Therefore, this study to highlight teachers’ perceptions practices on these topics. This a qualitative inte...

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