Full Description
Led by a team of experts, Building Better Students: Preparation for the Workforce discusses a variety of issues surrounding workforce readiness in the 21st century by presenting the latest research, practice, and policy on what is continually emerging as a febrile field. By featuring such topics as how to define and measure workforce readiness; how to prepare students for the workforce; and bridging the gap between college and workforce readiness, this volume is a necessary contribution to today's "skills gap" literature as society works to not only secure our own economic futures, but our children's futures, as well.
In this volume, world-class contributors from a variety of backgrounds (including industrial/organizational psychology, personality psychology, and educational assessment) all come together to share their unique perspective on the larger issues at hand. In addition to showcasing cutting-edge research, Building Better Students offers insightful commentary and provides readers with the opportunity to not only reflect on these issues, but how to move the needle further for this generation and beyond.
Contents
Foreword
Roger P. Weissberg
Preface
Chapter 1. Do We Really Need to Build Better Students?
Jeremy Burrus, Krista D. Mattern, Bobby D. Naemi, and Richard D. Roberts
Chapter 2. Workplace Readiness and Personnel Selection: Setting the Stage
Paul R. Sackett and Philip T. Walmsley
Chapter 3. Critical Skills for the 21st Century Workforce
Ryan Whorton, Alex Casillas, Frederick L. Oswald, and Amy Shaw
Chapter 4. Cross-Cultural Competence (3C) as a 21st Century Skill
Jennifer Klafehn
Chapter 5. Rethinking How We Define and Measure 21st Century Skills: Commentary
Patrick C. Kyllonen
Chapter 6. Preparing Students for Workplace Diversity: Some Research Implications
Jaime Lester, David A. Kravitz, and Carrie N. Klein
Chapter 7. Entrepreneurial, Professional and Leadership Career Aspiration Survey: Toward Holistic Career Development of University Students in the 21st Century
Olexander Chernyshenko, Kim-Yin Chan, Ringo Ho Hoon-Ho, Marilyn Uy, and Emma Sam Yoke Loo
Chapter 8. Interests and Person-Environment Fit: A New Perspective on Workforce Readiness and Success
Rong Su and Christopher D. Nye
Chapter 9. The Sourdough Model of Conscientiousness
Brent W. Roberts and Patrick L. Hill
Chapter 10. Rethinking How We Prepare Students for the Workforce: Commentary
Indako E. Clarke, Kit S. Double, and Carolyn MacCann
Chapter 11. Linking Education and Employment: A Foundational Competency Framework for Career Success
Hope Clark
Chapter 12. Combining Cognitive and Noncognitive Measures: Expanding the Domain of College and Workforce Performance and its Prediction
Neal Schmitt
Chapter 13. Establishing an International Standards Framework and Action Research Agenda for Workplace Readiness and Success
Juliya Golubovich, Rong Su, and Steven B. Robbins
Chapter 14. Commentary: Traversing the Gap Between College and Workforce Readiness: Anything but a "Bridge Too Far"!
Dana M. Murano and Richard D. Roberts
Chapter 15. The Future of Workforce Readiness: Research, Policy, and Practice
Bobby D. Naemi, Krista D. Mattern, Jeremy Burrus, and Richard D. Roberts
