{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2087933737","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01580370802439896","title":"A winding road \u2013 professional trajectories from higher education to working life: a case study of political science and psychology graduates","display_name":"A winding road \u2013 professional trajectories from higher education to working life: a case study of political science and psychology graduates","publication_year":2008,"publication_date":"2008-11-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2087933737","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01580370802439896","mag":"2087933737"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/01580370802439896","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01580370802439896","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01580370802439896","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S147712636","display_name":"Studies in Continuing Education","issn_l":"0158-037X","issn":["0158-037X","1470-126X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Studies in Continuing Education","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5036369801","display_name":"Sofia Nystr\u00f6m","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1649-2690","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1649-2690"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102134673","display_name":"Link\u00f6ping University","ror":"https://ror.org/05ynxx418","country_code":"SE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102134673"]}],"countries":["SE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sofia Nystr\u00f6m","raw_affiliation_strings":["Link\u00f6ping University","Link\u00f6ping University, Sweden"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Link\u00f6ping University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102134673"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Link\u00f6ping University, Sweden","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102134673"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5089668905","display_name":"Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5066-8728","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5066-8728"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102134673","display_name":"Link\u00f6ping University","ror":"https://ror.org/05ynxx418","country_code":"SE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102134673"]}],"countries":["SE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren","raw_affiliation_strings":["Link\u00f6ping University","Link\u00f6ping University, Sweden"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Link\u00f6ping University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102134673"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Link\u00f6ping University, Sweden","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102134673"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5113831179","display_name":"Lars Owe Dahlgren","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102134673","display_name":"Link\u00f6ping University","ror":"https://ror.org/05ynxx418","country_code":"SE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102134673"]}],"countries":["SE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lars Owe Dahlgren","raw_affiliation_strings":["Link\u00f6ping University","Link\u00f6ping University, Sweden"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Link\u00f6ping University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102134673"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Link\u00f6ping University, Sweden","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102134673"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5036369801"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102134673"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":10.1345,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":67,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97450228,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"30","issue":"3","first_page":"215","last_page":"229"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11779","display_name":"Higher Education and Employability","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11779","display_name":"Higher Education and Employability","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11832","display_name":"Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions","score":0.000699999975040555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3600","display_name":"General Health Professions"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13762","display_name":"Education and Labor Relations","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/graduate-employment","display_name":"graduate employment","score":0.9200000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/career-paths","display_name":"career paths","score":0.9750000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science-graduates","display_name":"political science graduates","score":0.8650000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology-graduates","display_name":"psychology graduates","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/professional-identity","display_name":"professional identity","score":0.6940000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/early-career-professionals","display_name":"early-career professionals","score":0.8709999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/graduate-employability","display_name":"graduate employability","score":0.45399999618530273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lifelong-learning","display_name":"lifelong learning","score":0.984000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/labour-market-flexibility","display_name":"labour market flexibility","score":0.7820000052452087},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/linkoping-university","display_name":"Link\u00f6ping University","score":0.6629999876022339}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15302153","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470863","display_name":"Employability","level":2,"score":0.7846537828445435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779529714","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2632744","display_name":"Graduation (instrument)","level":2,"score":0.7013598084449768},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108771440","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368475","display_name":"Lifelong learning","level":2,"score":0.6490718126296997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.5905225276947021},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.523327112197876},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.5155889391899109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120912362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136822","display_name":"Higher education","level":2,"score":0.4812867045402527},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C64848388","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188867","display_name":"Futures studies","level":2,"score":0.47701096534729004},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777247013","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5038939","display_name":"Career development","level":2,"score":0.4649459421634674},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.46211057901382446},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.44740888476371765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.43369194865226746},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51067260","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q828812","display_name":"Professional development","level":2,"score":0.4325733780860901},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.41188639402389526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.20837783813476562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.17859965562820435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/01580370802439896","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01580370802439896","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01580370802439896","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S147712636","display_name":"Studies in Continuing Education","issn_l":"0158-037X","issn":["0158-037X","1470-126X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Studies in Continuing Education","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality education","score":0.7567999958992004,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"},{"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","score":0.7257999777793884,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","score":0.6899999976158142,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":28,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W166288665","https://openalex.org/W1502232571","https://openalex.org/W1506640394","https://openalex.org/W1561987008","https://openalex.org/W1966561173","https://openalex.org/W1969986920","https://openalex.org/W1977027580","https://openalex.org/W1983860590","https://openalex.org/W1989883231","https://openalex.org/W1992700297","https://openalex.org/W1995267523","https://openalex.org/W1997105013","https://openalex.org/W2018988902","https://openalex.org/W2040767865","https://openalex.org/W2046623635","https://openalex.org/W2057993341","https://openalex.org/W2061322862","https://openalex.org/W2061432176","https://openalex.org/W2083855347","https://openalex.org/W2085455226","https://openalex.org/W2093476725","https://openalex.org/W2119916077","https://openalex.org/W2243882154","https://openalex.org/W2410812013","https://openalex.org/W4210702550","https://openalex.org/W4239218651","https://openalex.org/W4254951939","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2083855347","https://openalex.org/W639730924","https://openalex.org/W581773318","https://openalex.org/W2073408220","https://openalex.org/W7126024933","https://openalex.org/W2169340451","https://openalex.org/W618830401","https://openalex.org/W2541614684","https://openalex.org/W2608205672","https://openalex.org/W1556083163"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"qualitative":[1],"and":[2,9,51,75,79,84,98,115,129,141,158,163],"longitudinal":[3],"study":[4,42],"focuses":[5,57],"on":[6,58,165],"graduate":[7,13],"employment":[8,14],"the":[10,24,55,112,153,159,166],"development":[11],"of":[12,18,67,87,100,109,117,155],"paths.":[15],"The":[16,91,107,149],"aim":[17],"this":[19],"article":[20,56],"is":[21],"to":[22,31,37,124],"explore":[23],"present":[25],"professional":[26,63,96,119],"trajectory":[27],"from":[28,39],"higher":[29],"education":[30],"working":[32],"life,":[33],"with":[34,82],"particular":[35],"reference":[36],"graduates":[38,60],"two":[40],"different":[41,139,143],"programmes":[43],"at":[44,142],"Link\u00f6ping":[45],"University":[46],"in":[47,65,132,138,145],"Sweden:":[48],"Political":[49],"Science":[50],"Psychology.":[52],"More":[53],"specifically,":[54],"how":[59],"construe":[61],"their":[62,68,101,118,133],"trajectories":[64],"terms":[66],"envisaged":[69],"future":[70,102],"work":[71,88,103],"as":[72,77],"senior":[73],"students,":[74],"later":[76],"novice":[78],"early-career":[80],"professionals":[81],"18":[83],"34":[85],"months":[86],"life":[89],"experience.":[90],"results":[92],"indicate":[93],"that":[94],"graduates\u2019":[95,113],"identities":[97],"vision":[99,114],"change":[104],"over":[105],"time.":[106],"set":[108],"categories,":[110],"depicting":[111],"experiences":[116],"trajectories,":[120],"do":[121],"not":[122],"seem":[123],"follow":[125],"a":[126],"specific":[127],"temporal":[128],"logical":[130],"progression":[131],"career.":[134],"Rather,":[135],"they":[136],"appear":[137],"order":[140],"points":[144],"time":[146],"after":[147],"graduation.":[148],"results,":[150],"instead,":[151],"endorse":[152],"discourse":[154],"lifelong":[156],"learning":[157],"need":[160],"for":[161],"flexibility":[162],"employability":[164],"labour":[167],"market.":[168]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":6}],"updated_date":"2026-08-15T07:11:24.734988","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}