Career Development and Student Entrepreneurship for University-to-Work Transition in Emerging Economies

Editors

• Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Leipzig University
• Yuliya Shtaltovna, HS Fresenius
• Paul Agu Igwe, University of Lincoln
• Priscilla Bahaw, The University of the West Indies
• Chibueze Tobias Orji, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Description

This special issue seeks empirical research on how student entrepreneurship influences the transition from university education to employment in emerging economies. The focus is on understanding how entrepreneurial experiences during higher education contribute to career development, employability skills, and readiness for labour market entry.

The call addresses a gap in research regarding student entrepreneurship's role in university-to-work transition, despite evidence that entrepreneurial activities provide experiential learning opportunities for developing workplace skills. The special issue aims to inform policymakers, university administrators, and industry experts about improving graduate employment outcomes while contributing to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to quality education, decent work, and reduced inequalities.

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Potential topics

• Student Entrepreneurial Activities as a Pathway to University-to-Work Transition: exploring how students' engagement in small and micro-businesses might facilitate or hinder their transition into the labour market
• Career Development and Employability Skills Acquisition: exploring how students' entrepreneurial engagement contributes to or hinders the development of essential employability skills and career readiness
• Institutional and Contextual Factors in Emerging Economies: exploring how factors such as institutional support, government policies, culture and economic conditions shape student entrepreneurship and university-to-work transition outcomes
• Cross-regional Comparative Insights & Theoretical Advancement: examining comparative perspectives on how student entrepreneurship affects university-to-work transition in different regions
• Inner Development Goals and the Human Dimension of Entrepreneurship: integration of the IDGuide into entrepreneurship and business education, and how cognitive, social, and self-leadership competencies promote entrepreneurial behaviour and employability among students