Developing employability competences through career coaching in higher education

Supporting Students' Learning Process

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4098644
AutoresNiels Van Der Baan (0000-0003-2603-4666, Maastricht University, autor de correspondencia), Wendy Nuis (0000-0003-4390-2314, Maastricht University), Simon Beausaert (0000-0002-3036-8143, Maastricht University), Wim Gijselaers (0000-0002-4218-2944, Maastricht University), Inken Gast (0000-0003-0080-8045, Maastricht University)
Año2024
Volumen49
Número12
Páginas2455-2474
Fecha de publicación2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2024.2307976
OpenAlexW4391103565
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas48

Higher education plays a pivotal role in preparing students for the dynamic and complex labour market.Helping students develop employability competences supports them in obtaining the necessary expertise and skills to facilitate their transition to the labour market and to address the requirements of their new jobs.Employability competences are considered to contribute to students' wellbeing and economic prosperity.Colleges and universities offer career coaching programmes to support students in developing their employability competences.Despite the importance of employability competences, empirical studies on the impact of such coaching programmes remain scarce.The present study aims to fill that gap by exploring the relationship between career coaching and the development of employability competences.A twostudy design based on a multiple-methods approach was used to gain more insight in how coaching in higher education contributed to the development of students' employability.Data were collected at institutions of higher education in the Netherlands and Belgium via student surveys (n = 491) and interviews with coaches (n = 9).Our quantitative data showed a significant positive relationship between coaches' autonomy support and the development of students' employability competences.The interviews provided in-depth detailed findings on how coaches support students in their learning process.Coaching sessions became most effective by encouraging students to engage in trial and error and by stimulating (self-) reflection.Taken together, our results show that (career) coaching in higher education has the potential to support students' development of employability competences, which will, in turn, foster their transition to the workplace

Career development · Coaching · Employability · Higher education · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Computer Science · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Learning Practices · Human Resource and Talent Management · Psychology