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A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY OF THE JOB-SEEKING EXPERIENCES OF FOREIGN GRADUATES ON THE GERMAN JOB MARKET

Antti Kapanen, David Edgar, Soeren Dressler
2017 INTED2017 Proceedings   unpublished

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This paper investigates foreign graduates' job-seeking experiences on the German job market. In order to explore the determinants of job-seeking success, it applies the Grounded Theory methodology. Based on seven in-depth interviews, it discovers 13 concepts linked to job-seeking and organises them into three thematic categories: preconditions for employment, perception of the labour market and strategies for job acquisition. Through discussion based on data and literature, the paper organises
more » ... he categories into a process. On the basis of the process, a substantive Grounded Theory of achieving labour market success is presented.
doi:10.21125/inted.2017.2237 fatcat:k2fmhxpeb5btzk5klxdbtgfnda
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Antti Kapanen, David Edgar, Soeren Dressler. "A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY OF THE JOB-SEEKING EXPERIENCES OF FOREIGN GRADUATES ON THE GERMAN JOB MARKET." INTED2017 Proceedings (2017)