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Roberts, Ken – Journal of Education and Work, 2009
This paper argues that we have a theory--namely, opportunity structure theory--which can account for how school-to-work transitions were accomplished "then" and "now", and also why "now" is different from "then". Opportunity structures are formed primarily by the inter-relationships between family backgrounds, education, labour market processes…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Economic Opportunities
Roberts, Ken; Teshmatullo, Akhamadov; Firdavsiy, Kurbanov; Sarateppo, Boltaev; Tholen, Jochen – Journal of Education and Work, 2007
This article arises from case studies in 2006 of 20 businesses in Samarkand (Uzbekistan), surveys of their up to 30-year-old employees (r = 419), follow-up interviews with eight of these employees, and matched samples in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). The main difference between education in Samarkand (and Uzbekistan in general) and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Employees, Free Enterprise System, Education Work Relationship
Roberts, Ken – Journal of Education and Work, 2006
Market reforms in former communist countries are supposed to have liberated individuals and enterprises alike. Post-industrial, globalised contexts are said to create greater risks and to require flexibility of businesses and employees, and that the latter are therefore required to become reflexive, proactive, and to take charge of their own…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Labor Market, Career Planning
Roberts, Ken; Szumlicz, T. – British Journal of Education and Work, 1995
Evidence from studies of Polish young people shows that graduates of professional and vocational secondary schools have not experienced as much unemployment because of the schools' flexibility and responsiveness to new labor market conditions. Among the reasons are schools' experience in informal deal making with employers under communism and…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Foreign Countries