Conceptualising the meaning of working for Singaporean graduates aligned with 21st century economic and social policy: “market, meaning & me”
We conceptualise the meaning of working for Singaporean university graduates aligned to contemporary economic and social policy that anticipates a changing future of work and society. Using data from 254 Singapore undergraduates, we report an early effort to develop self report scales measuring more...
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| author | Chan, Kim Yin Ho, Ringo Moon-Ho Kennedy, Jeffrey C. Lim, Kwee Hoon Lin, Jia Uy, Marilyn A. Chernyshenko, Olexander Sasha |
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| author_facet | School of Social Sciences Chan, Kim Yin Ho, Ringo Moon-Ho Kennedy, Jeffrey C. Lim, Kwee Hoon Lin, Jia Uy, Marilyn A. Chernyshenko, Olexander Sasha |
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| description | We conceptualise the meaning of working for Singaporean university graduates aligned to contemporary economic and social policy that anticipates a changing future of work and society. Using data from 254 Singapore undergraduates, we report an early effort to develop self report scales measuring more contemporary (1) market-oriented/happenstance attitude to employment, and (2) intrinsic, non-economic attitudes to working, that are contrasted with more traditional (3) qualification/expertise-based attitudes to employment. Our new concepts/measures are independent of career attitudes, with the first two measures relating to protean/boundaryless career attitudes and employability and the last measure relates more to low organizational mobility preference. We discuss our research in context of ongoing employment policy transformations and social change, implications for graduate employability, and ongoing research directions. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1675652023-06-21T07:23:36Z Conceptualising the meaning of working for Singaporean graduates aligned with 21st century economic and social policy: “market, meaning & me” Chan, Kim Yin Ho, Ringo Moon-Ho Kennedy, Jeffrey C. Lim, Kwee Hoon Lin, Jia Uy, Marilyn A. Chernyshenko, Olexander Sasha School of Social Sciences Nanyang Business School 35th ANZAM Conference (ANZAM 2022) Centre for Research and Development in Learning (CRADLE) Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychology Business::Management::Organizational behavior Meaning of Working Employability Employment Policy Future of Work Career Attitudes Scale Development We conceptualise the meaning of working for Singaporean university graduates aligned to contemporary economic and social policy that anticipates a changing future of work and society. Using data from 254 Singapore undergraduates, we report an early effort to develop self report scales measuring more contemporary (1) market-oriented/happenstance attitude to employment, and (2) intrinsic, non-economic attitudes to working, that are contrasted with more traditional (3) qualification/expertise-based attitudes to employment. Our new concepts/measures are independent of career attitudes, with the first two measures relating to protean/boundaryless career attitudes and employability and the last measure relates more to low organizational mobility preference. We discuss our research in context of ongoing employment policy transformations and social change, implications for graduate employability, and ongoing research directions. Workforce Development Agency (WDA) Published version 2023-05-31T06:06:36Z 2023-05-31T06:06:36Z 2022 Conference Paper Chan, K. Y., Ho, R. M., Kennedy, J. C., Lim, K. H., Lin, J., Uy, M. A. & Chernyshenko, O. S. (2022). Conceptualising the meaning of working for Singaporean graduates aligned with 21st century economic and social policy: “market, meaning & me”. 35th ANZAM Conference (ANZAM 2022), 185-202. 978-0-6481109-7-2 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/167565 https://www.anzam.org/events/2022-anzam-conference-proceedings/ 185 202 en © 2022 The Author(s). All rights reserved. As published in ANZAM 2022 Conference Proceedings – ISBN: 978-0-6481109-7-2. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychology Business::Management::Organizational behavior Meaning of Working Employability Employment Policy Future of Work Career Attitudes Scale Development Chan, Kim Yin Ho, Ringo Moon-Ho Kennedy, Jeffrey C. Lim, Kwee Hoon Lin, Jia Uy, Marilyn A. Chernyshenko, Olexander Sasha Conceptualising the meaning of working for Singaporean graduates aligned with 21st century economic and social policy: “market, meaning & me” |
| title | Conceptualising the meaning of working for Singaporean graduates aligned with 21st century economic and social policy: “market, meaning & me” |
| title_full | Conceptualising the meaning of working for Singaporean graduates aligned with 21st century economic and social policy: “market, meaning & me” |
| title_fullStr | Conceptualising the meaning of working for Singaporean graduates aligned with 21st century economic and social policy: “market, meaning & me” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conceptualising the meaning of working for Singaporean graduates aligned with 21st century economic and social policy: “market, meaning & me” |
| title_short | Conceptualising the meaning of working for Singaporean graduates aligned with 21st century economic and social policy: “market, meaning & me” |
| title_sort | conceptualising the meaning of working for singaporean graduates aligned with 21st century economic and social policy market meaning me |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychology Business::Management::Organizational behavior Meaning of Working Employability Employment Policy Future of Work Career Attitudes Scale Development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/167565 https://www.anzam.org/events/2022-anzam-conference-proceedings/ |
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