Finnish University Students Constructing Their Ideal Employable Identities: A Case Study of Top Performing Experts

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dc.contributor.authorHirvonen Inka
dc.contributor.authorSiivonen Päivi
dc.contributor.authorKomulainen Katri
dc.contributor.organizationfi=kasvatustieteiden laitos|en=Department of Education|
dc.contributor.organization-code1.2.246.10.2458963.20.56860088444
dc.converis.publication-id179859184
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/179859184
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-27T23:53:43Z
dc.date.available2025-08-27T23:53:43Z
dc.description.abstract<p>The society has a great impact on defining what is a successful employable identity. This means that the construction of employable identity has become crucial to pursuing opportunities in the competitive labour market. In this article, employability is seen as a process where Finnish university students play out an identity project and construct their future-oriented employability. By applying narrative thematical analysis, the study shows that students constructed an ideal employable identity, designated as a Top Performing Expert. The process of constructing this identity contained three phases: 1. employability as a long-term goal, 2. constructing employability in a specific field, and 3. harnessing personality to strengthen employability. The authors suggest that identity process requires each individual’s own activity and problem-solving.<br></p>
dc.format.pagerange275
dc.format.pagerange297
dc.identifier.eisbn978-3-031-20653-5
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-031-20652-8
dc.identifier.olddbid204816
dc.identifier.oldhandle10024/187843
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/11111/53484
dc.identifier.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20653-5_13
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2025082786577
dc.language.isoen
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorSiivonen, Päivi
dc.okm.discipline516 Educational sciencesen_GB
dc.okm.discipline516 Kasvatustieteetfi_FI
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationnot an international co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeA3 Book
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan
dc.publisher.countrySwitzerlanden_GB
dc.publisher.countrySveitsifi_FI
dc.publisher.country-codeCH
dc.publisher.isbn978-3-319; 978-0-230; 978-0-333; 978-1-137; 978-1-349; 978-1-4472; 978-1-78632; 978-0-312; 978-1-4039; 978-1-137; 978-981-13; 978-981-10; 978-3-030; 978-981-15; 978-981-16; 978-3-031
dc.relation.doi10.1007/978-3-031-20653-5_13
dc.source.identifierhttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/187843
dc.titleFinnish University Students Constructing Their Ideal Employable Identities: A Case Study of Top Performing Experts
dc.title.bookRethinking Graduate Employability in Context: Discourse, Policy and Practice
dc.year.issued2023

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