scholarly journals Influence of the career success orientations on life-course selection among female university students

2015 ◽  
Vol 79 (0) ◽  
pp. 1EV-151-1EV-151
Author(s):  
Noriko Tezuka ◽  
Takeshi Furuya
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Course Selection

Exposure to continuous or fluid theories of sexual orientation leads some heterosexuals to embrace less-exclusive heterosexual orientations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilan Dar-Nimrod ◽  
James Morandini ◽  
Liam Dacosta
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
University Students ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Political Alignment

We examined whether heterosexual individuals’ self-reported sexual orientation could be influenced experimentally by manipulating their knowledge of the nature of sexual orientation. In Study 1 (180 university students, 66% female) participants read summaries describing evidence for sexual orientation existing on a continuum versus discrete categories or a control manipulation, and in Study 2 (460 participants in a nationally representative Qualtrics panel, 50% female) additionally read summaries describing sexual orientation as fluid versus stable across the life-course. After reading summaries, participants answered various questions about their sexual orientation. In Study 1, political moderates and progressives (but not conservatives) who read the continuous manipulation subsequently reported being less exclusively heterosexual, and regardless of political alignment, participants reported more uncertainty about their sexual orientation, relative to controls. In Study 2, after exposure to fluid or continuous manipulations heterosexual participants were up to five times more likely than controls to rate themselves as non-exclusively heterosexual. Additionally, those in the continuous condition reported more uncertainty about their sexual orientation and were more willing to engage in future same-sex sexual experiences, than those in the control condition. These results suggest that non-traditional theories of sexual orientation can lead heterosexuals to embrace less exclusive heterosexual orientations.

scholarly journals Interregional migration and life strategies of the Russian youth

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 162-180
Author(s):  
M.A. Kartseva ◽  
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N.V. Mkrtchуan ◽  
Y.F. Florinskaya ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Interregional Migration ◽  
Time Migration ◽  
Region Of Residence ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Positive Effect

There is lack of studies associating youth migration with a life course in Russia. The article aims to reveal the effect of interregional migration on the life course of young adults (23–34 y.o.) using the data from the nationally representative survey “Person, Family, Society” undertaken by RANEPA in 2020 and data from indepth interviews with young people who moved to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tomsk, Voronezh to get higher education. In the study interregional migrants are defined as people for whom current region of residence differs from the region where they completed secondary education. Our results suggest that migration is a strong factor of personal growth for youth. The comparison of young migrants with non-migrants demonstrates that the interregional migration have a distinct positive effect on career success, income level and promote greater independence and relying on your own resources, solving housing issues among them. The comparison of young migrants and non-migrants demonstrates that the interregional migration has a distinct positive effect on career success, income level and promote greater independence and selfreliance including resolving the housing problems. At the same time migration moderately affects marriage strategies but it contributes to the postponement of childbearing.

Perceived barriers to career progression amongst female students: evidence from India and the United Arab Emirates

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seena Biju ◽  
Khyati Shetty ◽  
Jason R. Fitzsimmons
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Career Pathways ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Employed Women

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of barriers to career progression among female university students. While significant literature has examined career enhancement in the context of employed women, little work has explored the perceptions of future career challenges of females about to enter the workforce and embark on their careers. This study derives its motivation from research findings that confirm that women need additional focused preparation for career advancement opportunities. Design/methodology/approach The study used a sample of 484 Indian female university students located in the United Arab Emirates and India. The study uses the established Career Pathways Survey scale (Smith et al., 2012a) to measure the four dimensions Denial, Acceptance, Resignation and Resilience to career progression. Structural equation modeling was used to model the four constructs as indicators of perceived barriers to progress. Findings The study finds that among the female students about to embark on their career journey, there is a strong desire toward achieving career success. The model is validated by the use of a structural equation model, and findings indicate that there is a strong sense of Resilience and an element of uncertainty about whether perceived career progression will be satisfying overall. No significant differences were observed in the perceptions across the two geographical locations. The findings suggest that continued efforts in preparing female graduates for career success are warranted. Practical implications The Career Pathways Survey may be a useful method to assist young women in identifying their career goals prior to entering the workforce. Interventions through training programs during their higher education may be beneficial in addressing perceptions that might hinder their later career growth. Originality/value This paper contributes to the understanding of the perceived barriers to career progression for women. Prior research has concentrated on career progression in the context of employed women. This study extends that work to understand the perceptions of women about to embark on their career journey.

Life Course Prevalence of Bullying among University Students in Mainland China: A Multi-university Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052096370
Author(s):  
Pu-Yu Su ◽  
Geng-Fu Wang ◽  
Guo-Die Xie ◽  
Li-Ru Chen ◽  
Shan-Shan Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
University Students ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
School Health ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The University

Little is known about the life course prevalence of bullying among university students. The current study examined the prevalence of bullying in different life periods among multi-university students. Our study included 4,034 university students from four types of universities. Participants self-reported four types of bullying (i.e., physical, verbal, relational, and cyber) with bullies and victims, and four periods (i.e., primary school or earlier, middle school, high school, and postsecondary education). Overall, the percentage of university students experiencing at least one type of bullying victimization (BV) and bullying perpetration (BP) during their lifetime was 59.7% and 31.6%, respectively; the percentage of the university students experiencing more than two types of BV and BP was 16.3% and 7.4%, respectively. The prevalence rates of each type of BV and BP were the highest in elementary school or earlier, and these rates decreased from elementary school or earlier to postsecondary education period. Four latent classes were identified for BV: low BV (73.8%), moderate BV (18.6%), secondary school BV (4.4%), and persistent BV (3.2%). Similarly, four classes for BP were identified: low BP (86.6%), primary school BP (8.1%), high school BP (1.5%), and persistent BP (3.8%). These findings may inform school health practice of bullying prevention by taking prevention programs, especially during elementary school or earlier period.

Understanding the achieving styles of Chinese millennials and implications on HRM policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-317
Author(s):  
Yixuan Zhao ◽  
Qin Xu
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Millennial Students ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Achieving Styles ◽  
The Life Course

Purpose Matching with the timeline of major events in China, as well as major shifts in China’s human research management, the purpose of this paper is to present the comparisons of achieving styles among Chinese millennial employees, millennial university students and Generation X employees. Design/methodology/approach Drawing from the achieving styles literature as well as the life course theory, this study first proposes hypotheses on specific differences in nine achieving styles. The authors tested by using data from 889 millennial employees and 364 millennial students from five cities in China. Findings The results showed that the power direct achieving style stood out for the Chinese millennials, and the competitive direct achieving style ranked higher for Generation X. Moreover, millennial employees had higher scores for all nine achieving styles than millennial students. Practical implications This study advises that when motivating Chinese millennial employees, human resource managers can create a competitive environment and provide career planning guidance, and that to better assist millennial university students to socialize, human resource managers can develop matched internship programs. Originality/value The paper contributes to the life course literature and the achieving styles literature by comparing the differences among Chinese millennial employees, university students and Generation X.

scholarly journals When the Pet Shop Boys were ‘imperial’: Fans’ self-ageing and the neoliberal life course of ‘successful’ text-ageing

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Hills
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Interpretive Community ◽  
Cultural Texts

I follow Harrington and Bielby’s (2018) call for more work on ‘texistence’ ‐ how fans’ self-ageing and the text-ageing of pop-cultural texts become intertwined. I focus on the British pop duo Pet Shop Boys (PSB), formed in 1981. Lead singer Neil Tennant coined the term ‘imperial phase’ (2001) to describe the success of their album Actually (1987), and this terminology has been embraced by PSB fandom; enduring fans consider their fandom in relation to imperial/post-imperial phases. I consider how PSB fans desire a return of the ‘imperial’, refuting any text-ageing ‘narrative of decline’, as well as counterfactually reimagining the duo’s career success. Fannish interpretive community is based on celebrating the commercial authenticity of PSB’s music, articulating both text-ageing and fans’ self-ageing with neoliberalized concepts of the ‘successful’ life course (Clack and Paule 2019) and ‘uniqueness’ in marketized contexts (Nealon 2018). I thus argue that neoliberalism needs to be integrated into analyses of the contemporary fannish life course, even when fan objects (such as PSB) have been explicitly anti-neoliberal across their careers.

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