Enhancing the employability of young adults from socio-economically challenged contexts

dc.contributor.advisorMaree, J.G. (Kobus)
dc.contributor.emailgerryts.erna@gmail.com
dc.contributor.postgraduateGerryts, Erna Wilhelmina
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-05T08:06:28Z
dc.date.available2018-12-05T08:06:28Z
dc.date.created2009/07/18
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe devastating unemployment rate in South-Africa has the biggest effect on young adults from socio-economically challenged backgrounds. This study used career counselling with life design principles to explore the growth capacity of unemployed young adults’ career adaptability skills to enhance their employability. The study is embedded in a constructivist paradigm with elements of social constructivist and pragmatism with an interpretive stance. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were implemented, using a quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test comparison group-design to explore the possible effect of the intervention. The outcomes of the study show it was possible to positively influence the career adaptability and employability skills of young adults in socio-economically disadvantaged contexts through career and employability counselling.
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricted
dc.description.degreePhD
dc.description.departmentEducational Psychology
dc.identifier.citationGerryts, EW 2018, Enhancing the employability of young adults from socio-economically challenged contexts, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68014>
dc.identifier.otherS2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/68014
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUnrestricted
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subjectEmployability
dc.subjectCareer adaptability
dc.subjectCareer counselling
dc.subjectSocio-economically challenged
dc.titleEnhancing the employability of young adults from socio-economically challenged contexts
dc.typeThesis

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