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Building Better Students

Building Better Students

Preparation for the Workforce

9780199373222
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Led by a team of experts, Building Better Students:: Preparation for the Workforce discusses a variety of issues surrounding workforce readiness in the 21st century by presenting the latest research, practice, and policy on what is continually emerging as a febrile field. By featuring such topics as how to define and measure workforce readiness; how to prepare students for the workforce; and bridging the gap between college and workforce readiness, this volume is a necessarycontribution to todays skills gap literature as society works to not only secure our own economic futures, but our childrens futures, as well.In this volume, world-class contributors from a variety of backgrounds (including industrial/organizational psychology, personality psychology, and educational assessment) all come together to share their unique perspective on the larger issues at hand. In addition to showcasing cutting-edge research, Building Better Students offers insightful commentary and provides readers with the opportunity to not only reflect on these issues, but how to move the needle further for this generationand beyond.
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OUP USA
83531
9780199373222
9780199373222

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Publication date
2017
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
416
Dimensions (mm)
156 x 235
Weight (g)
676
  • Foreword; Roger P. Weissberg; Preface; Chapter 1. Do We Really Need to Build Better Students?; Jeremy Burrus, Krista D. Mattern, Bobby D. Naemi, and Richard D. Roberts; Chapter 2. Workplace Readiness and Personnel Selection: Setting the Stage; Paul R. Sackett and Philip T. Walmsley; Chapter 3. Critical Skills for the 21st Century Workforce; Ryan Whorton, Alex Casillas, Frederick L. Oswald, and Amy Shaw; Chapter 4. Cross-Cultural Competence (3C) as a 21st Century Skill; Jennifer Klafehn; Chapter 5. Rethinking How We Define and Measure 21st Century Skills: Commentary; Patrick C. Kyllonen; Chapter 6. Preparing Students for Workplace Diversity: Some Research Implications; Jaime Lester, David A. Kravitz, and Carrie N. Klein; Chapter 7. Entrepreneurial, Professional and Leadership Career Aspiration Survey: Toward Holistic Career Development of University Students in the 21st Century; Olexander Chernyshenko, Kim-Yin Chan, Ringo Ho Hoon-Ho, Marilyn Uy, and Emma Sam Yoke Loo; Chapter 8. Interests and Person-Environment Fit: A New Perspective on Workforce Readiness and Success; Rong Su and Christopher D. Nye; Chapter 9. The Sourdough Model of Conscientiousness; Brent W. Roberts and Patrick L. Hill; Chapter 10. Rethinking How We Prepare Students for the Workforce: Commentary; Indako E. Clarke, Kit S. Double, and Carolyn MacCann; Chapter 11. Linking Education and Employment: A Foundational Competency Framework for Career Success; Hope Clark; Chapter 12. Combining Cognitive and Noncognitive Measures: Expanding the Domain of College and Workforce Performance and its Prediction; Neal Schmitt; Chapter 13. Establishing an International Standards Framework and Action Research Agenda for Workplace Readiness and Success; Juliya Golubovich, Rong Su, and Steven B. Robbins; Chapter 14. Commentary: Traversing the Gap Between College and Workforce Readiness: Anything but a Bridge Too Far!; Dana M. Murano and Richard D. Roberts; Chapter 15. The Future of Workforce Readiness: Research, Policy, and Practice; Bobby D. Naemi, Krista D. Mattern, Jeremy Burrus, and Richard D. Roberts;
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