2019
DOI: 10.3390/su11205716
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Development of Sustainability Competencies for the Labour Market: An Exploratory Qualitative Study

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explore the key sustainability competencies increasing the employability of higher education graduates in Poland. Based on the results of a broad literature review on key sustainability competencies, the substantive contribution to a coherent framework of typologies of sustainability competencies will be synthesised. The developed research framework will subsequently be analysed with empirical data, collected by in-depth interviews (IDI) and focus group interviews (FGI) on the relev… Show more

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“…Regarding transversal employability skills, HEIs must ensure that students are prepared to handle and solve complex problems in an environment of uncertainty [51] and produce employable graduates that contribute to economic growth and sustainable development [52]. Some studies analyze the integration between higher education and job skills and the positive effects that it entails [53,54].…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Regarding transversal employability skills, HEIs must ensure that students are prepared to handle and solve complex problems in an environment of uncertainty [51] and produce employable graduates that contribute to economic growth and sustainable development [52]. Some studies analyze the integration between higher education and job skills and the positive effects that it entails [53,54].…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Panel a) Instrumental Skills Secondly, the experts were provided with three lists of common entrepreneurial skills which are shown in Table 2 [39,41,43]. The focus group agreed that the entrepreneurial skills of [45] were the most closely linked to the TP. These potentially acquirable skills were included in the survey.…”
Section: Table 1 Generic Skills [9]mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nevertheless, when we exclude the "risk-taking ability" skill (E4), the ANOVA statistic indicates, according to the students, that the acquisition of the skills "need for achievement" (E1), "desire for autonomy" (E2), "creativity and opportunism" (E3) and "locus of control" (E5) resulting from the TP was statistically equal. The skill "risk-taking ability", which was attained to a lesser extent in the TP is one of the skills identified by [45] as those that set entrepreneurs apart from small business owners in the hospitality industry (in addition to independence, ambiguity tolerance and leadership).…”
Section: Entrepreneurial Skillsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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