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Policy-induced structural changes in health vocational education create an education-employment mismatch that students perceive as weakening their employability, leading to significant psychosocial costs and identity strain. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Examine how health vocational high school students perceive their employability, school-to-work transitions, and evolving professional identities following structural qualification reforms.

August 26, 2026Education + Training

“All that remains is a diploma”: employability, policy-induced mismatch and school-to-work transitions in health vocational education

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NDNihan Demirkasımoğlu HSHüseyin Sezer

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Qualitative case study reveals significant education-employment mismatch and psychosocial strain among health vocational students, highlighting the systemic costs of misaligned education reforms.

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Examine how health vocational high school students perceive their employability, school-to-work transitions, and evolving professional identities following structural qualification reforms.
Qualitative case study design grounded in career construction theory and policy feedback theory.
Semi-structured interviews conducted across two health vocational high schools in Türkiye.
Identified education-employment mismatch across four interrelated themes: externally driven school choice, inherited expectations leading to post-reform disappointment, training-opportunity misalignment, and psychosocial strain.
Students reported that policy changes weakened their perceived employability and disrupted career progression, creating identity strain and persistent occupational uncertainty.

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Demirkasımoğlu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8ebb54451774b83f3b4bc4 https://doi.org/10.1108/et-01-2026-0083

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August 26, 2026Education + Training

“All that remains is a diploma”: employability, policy-induced mismatch and school-to-work transitions in health vocational education

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NDNihan Demirkasımoğlu HSHüseyin Sezer

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Qualitative case study reveals significant education-employment mismatch and psychosocial strain among health vocational students, highlighting the systemic costs of misaligned education reforms.

Key Points

Examine how health vocational high school students perceive their employability, school-to-work transitions, and evolving professional identities following structural qualification reforms.
Qualitative case study design grounded in career construction theory and policy feedback theory.
Semi-structured interviews conducted across two health vocational high schools in Türkiye.
Identified education-employment mismatch across four interrelated themes: externally driven school choice, inherited expectations leading to post-reform disappointment, training-opportunity misalignment, and psychosocial strain.
Students reported that policy changes weakened their perceived employability and disrupted career progression, creating identity strain and persistent occupational uncertainty.

Cite This Study

Demirkasımoğlu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8ebb54451774b83f3b4bc4 https://doi.org/10.1108/et-01-2026-0083

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