Does Higher Education Attained Abroad Lead to International Jobs?

This article investigates the early career of graduates who have studied abroad (mobile students) compared to graduates who have undertaken the entire education at domestic higher education institutions (nonmobile students). The main question is to what extent mobile students get jobs with internati...

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Published inJournal of studies in international education Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 101 - 130
Main Author Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2008
Subjects
Career Choice
College Graduates
Education Work Relationship
Employment Potential
Foreign students
Foreign workers
Geographic mobility
Global Approach
Graduates
Higher Education
Internationalization
Labor Market
Labour migration
Occupations
Student Mobility
Study Abroad
Work Environment
internationalisation
career
student mobility
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Summary:This article investigates the early career of graduates who have studied abroad (mobile students) compared to graduates who have undertaken the entire education at domestic higher education institutions (nonmobile students). The main question is to what extent mobile students get jobs with international assignments compared to nonmobile students. Results show that mobile students—particularly those who graduated abroad— more often than nonmobile students search for and gain work experience abroad. The vast majority of mobile students return from abroad after graduation. In the domestic labour market, mobile students hold jobs with more international assignments than nonmobile students.
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ISSN:1028-3153
1552-7808
DOI:10.1177/1028315307307656