A research project funded under Leonardo which aims to conduct scientific research focused on the impact of cultural differences on students’ expectations from job counsellors, to analyse the result of the research and prepare a scientific publication based on this analysis.
Academy of Learning together with partners from Poland, Sweden, Cyprus, Lithuania and Austria initially undertook to research what material regarding job counselling was available in their own countries. All partners then carried out extensive student research using questionnaires designed to investigate whether cultural, national or ethnic background has an effect on career expectations and the influences of career counsellors.
The results of the questionnaires were analysed and used in the compilation of a scientific publication (book) showing the outcomes of the research on the influence of cultural and national factors on the expectations from job counsellors.
The project also published its research and other related papers on a new web site www.impact-edu.org and will present a scientific paper at a Conference in La Coruña in September 2005 as well as presenting the paper for publication in “International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance” and other relevant journals.
Aims of the project:
- answering the question how about the national and cultural background influence on young people’s expectations from job counsellors;
- initiating the research on how the national and cultural background influences young people’s expectations from job counsellors;
- adjusting career advising process to the individual clients’ requirements;
- raising the efficiency of job counsellors’ work by familiarising them with clients’ expectations;
- raising the level of satisfaction from the career advisors’ work among young people thanks to meeting their expectations;
- reinforcing and adjusting the European job counselling to intercultural and international labour market;
- fostering cooperation between various job counselling institutions in Europe
Project outcomes:
- verification of the hypothesis on the influence of cultural and national variables on young people’s expectations from job counsellors
- formulation of the “Cultural Manifestation Questionnaire”, which will be used to study the influence of cultural and national background on the expectations from job counsellors
- carrying out the research on a group of 1000 young persons aged 18– 20, using the “Cultural Manifestation Questionnaire” (each partner shall conduct the research on the group of at least 200 persons in their own country)
- scientific publication (book), which analyses the results of the research on the influence of cultural and national factor on the expectations from job counsellors
- a scientific paper, published in the “International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance” and other thematically related journals, which summarises the results of the research on the influence of cultural and national factor on the expectations from job counsellors
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Book 1
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The impact of cultural differences on students' expectations from career counsellors. |
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Book 2
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Predictors of Client Expectations.
Culture And Holland Type as Predictors of Client Expectations from Career Counselling. |
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