William E. Donald

Experience

• 2014–present
  Research fellow, Donald Research & Consulting
• 2022–present
  Visiting associate professor, University of Southampton
• 2022–present
  Associate professor, Ronin Institute
• 2020–2022
  Visiting assistant professor, University of Southampton
• 2020–2022
  Research assistant professor, Ronin Institute

Education

• 2017 
  University of Southampton, PhD in Management
• 2009 
  University of Southampton, MSc Knowledge and Information Systems Management
• 2008 
  University of Southampton, BSc Information Technology in Organisations

Publications

• 2024
  Are we talking about the same thing? The case for stronger connections between graduate and worker employability research, Career Development International
• 2024
  Construction and operationalisation of an Employability Capital Growth Model (ECGM) via a systematic literature review (2016-2022), Studies in Higher Education
• 2024
  Intelligent careers and human resource management practices: Qualitative insights from the public sector in a clientelistic culture, Journal of Work-Applied Management
• 2024
  How academics can play a more influential role during a year-in-industry placement: A contemporary critique and call for action, Industry and Higher Education
• 2024
  Strategic Opportunities for Bridging the University-Employer Divide, IGI Global
• 2024
  Strategies for enhancing entrepreneurial intention and wellbeing in higher education students: A cross-cultural analysis, Higher Education
• 2023
  Fostering social mobility and employability: The case for peer learning, Teaching in Higher Education
• 2023
  Handbook of Research on Sustainable Career Ecosystems for University Students and Graduates, IGI Global
• 2023
  How seriously do you take your leisure?, GiLE Journal of Skills Development
• 2023
  Three key ways that mentorship can support early career scholars, GiLE Journal of Skills Development
• 2023
  Application of career ecosystems theory and the new psychological contract to the field of project management: Toward a conceptual model, Project Management Journal
• 2023
  Your old road is rapidly aging. Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand, for the times they are a-changing: Time for inclusive conferences, GiLE Journal of Skills Development
• 2023
  Sustainable talent pipelines and person-organisation fit: Strategic insights from UK graduates, Career Development International
• 2023
  Technological transformation and human resource development of early career talent: Insights from accounting, banking, and finance, Human Resource Development Quarterly
• 2023
  Exploring the impact of an industrial placement year on students’ competency development: A three-cohort, longitudinal study, Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning
• 2023
  Modelling the Interaction Between Serious Leisure, Self-Perceived Employability, Stress, and Workplace Well-being: Empirical Insights from Graduates in India, Personnel Review
• 2023
  Preparing graduates for sustainable careers: A case of ‘The Global Marketing Professional’ module, igher Education, Skills, and Work-Based Learning
• 2022
  Content analysis of metadata, titles, and abstracts (CAMTA): application of the method to business and management research, Management Research Review
• 2022
  Is it all about perception? A sustainability viewpoint on psychological capital and life wellbeing of management graduates, Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning
• 2022
  Direct outcomes and win-win relationships between university careers advisors and graduate recruiters, GiLE Journal of Skills Development
• 2022
  Shifting the narrative: Towards a more holistic approach to learning, GiLE Journal of Skills Development
• 2022
  The Conceptualisation of Weather as a Career Metaphor, Sustainability
• 2022
  Subjective Wellbeing among University Students and Recent Graduates: Evidence from the United Kingdom, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2022
  Preparing for a Sustainable Career: Challenges and Opportunities, GiLE Journal of Skills Development
• 2022
  The university-to-work transition: Responses of universities and organizations to the COVID-19 pandemic, Personnel Review
• 2022
  Can Embedding Authentic Assessment Into the Curriculum Enhance the Employability of Business School Students?, GiLE Journal of Skills Development
• 2022
  Additional Skills Acquisition Programme (ASAP) Project: The case of an employability enhancement initiative in India, Journal of International Education in Business
• 2021
  HERO Elements of Psychological Capital: Fostering Career Sustainability via Resource Caravans, Australian Journal of Career Development
• 2020
  Striving for sustainable graduate careers: Conceptualization via career ecosystems and the new psychological contract, Career Development International
• 2019
  The undergraduate self-perception of employability: Human capital, careers advice and career ownership, Studies in Higher Education
• 2018
  Students’ perceptions of education and employability: Facilitating career transition from higher education into the labor market, Career Development International

Professional Memberships

• Fellow, Learning and Performance Institute
• Lifetime Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy
• Lifetime Member, British Computer Society
• Member, National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists
• Lifetime Affiliate, Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services