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- Title
The Role of Unplanned Encounters and Complexity of Influences in Foreign Graduates' First Full-Time Job Search in Singapore.
- Authors
Prematillake, Tharuka M.; Lim, Ivy Maria
- Abstract
Singapore is host to an increasing number of foreign tertiary students, who also intend to work there upon graduating to serve a bond and/or for better career prospects. According to Chaos Theory of Careers (CTC), an individual's career decision making and choices are not systematic, but are subject to change. Using twenty-six interviews with foreign graduates, this paper aimed to understand the role of unplanned events and complexity of influences accounted for in CTC in their first full-time job search in Singapore - an area that has hitherto lacked research attention. Findings indicated their job search decision-making and choices are not methodical, but are subject to change depending on how they perceive and respond to unplanned encounters and influences.
- Subjects
INTERNATIONAL graduate students; FULL-time employment; JOB hunting; CHAOS theory; SOCIAL influence; LIFE change events; DECISION making
- Publication
Journal of International Students, 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1, p66
- ISSN
2162-3104
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.32674/jis.v8i1.152