Factors Influencing Unemployment among Fresh Graduates: A Case Study in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Hossain, Mohammad Imtiaz; Yagamaran, Kalai Selvi A/P; Afrin, Tanzila; Limon, Nasimuzzaman; Nasiruzzaman, Md.; Karim, Asif Mahbub

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v8-i9/4859

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“…Higher education institutions (HEI) have progressively been called upon in last years to prepare the students to work for the global world, and universities are forced to develop graduates´ employability globally (Suleman, 2017). On the other hand, the graduate unemployment is following to Hossain, Yagamaran, Afrin, Limon, Nasiruzzaman and Karim (2018) an unwelcome issue that may occur in every country around the world, and as long, the person is involved in the labour market, he or she may one day become unemployed. It is these two economic-social terms that underlie the scientific research of many authors.…”

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Determinants of Economic Development and Employability of Higher Education Institutions Graduates

Krajňáková

Pilinkienė²,

Bulko

2020

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The scope of the data presented in this study offers a comprehensive view of the issue of the HEI graduates employability in the Czech Republic and also in the Slovak Republic – related to determinants of economic development and their impact on them. This paper examines the impact of gross domestic product, gross domestic expenditure on research and experimental development by only higher education sector and foreign direct investment on HEI graduates employability. The results indicate that correlation between unemployment of tertiary educated Slovaks and GDP, GERD and FDI values was very big. Correlation relationship of similar determinants, except determinant GERD in conditions of the Czech Republic was characterized as weak. On the other hand, significantly stronger (very big to perfect) correlation affecting employment of tertiary educated Czechs regarding to indicators of gross domestic product, gross domestic expenditure on research and experimental development by sector of higher education and foreign direct investments as well. In conditions of the Slovak Republic, correlation relationship between employment of tertiary educated Slovaks and GDP was almost perfect.

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Determinants of Economic Development and Employability of Higher Education Institutions Graduates

Krajňáková

Pilinkienė²,

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2020

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“…In the fast-paced world, changes are made rapidly, especially in the working field. Skills learnt within three to five years in tertiary education might be outdated once graduates enter the working field (Hossain et al, 2018). Due to that, employers said that graduates do not have the proper skills to work (Soulé & Warrick, 2015).…”

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“…Plus, they also do not have career skills, which can be seen that most graduates are unemployed in today's world. The graduates are choosy, whereby they do not want to work in a stressful environment, so they decided to be unemployed (Hossain et al, 2018). In return, this will become a loss for the nation as youths are the main pillars for the development of the country.…”

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Educational Theories and Issues in Human Capital Development

Rafiq¹,

Hashim²,

Wahab³

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The reformation of education has moved towards the fourth industrial revolution (IR 4.0). The development of a nation focuses on the quality of education. Education is seen as a panacea to solve issues relating to human capital development. In Malaysia, human capital development is much emphasized, as a successful human capital development will gear the nation towards being a developed country. Malaysia aims to be one of the developed countries with the aspiration that the human capital will drive the aspiration to be successful. However, there are issues arousing from human capital, where education is said to be the main cause of these issues. Limited research focuses on the issues in human capital development. Thus, this paper aims to discuss the educational theories and issues related to human capital development. The macro, micro and human capital theories are among the important theories to be looked into as they help in guiding the education towards its aim. The issues related to the human capital are a lack of 21st-century skills, a decline in English language proficiency and deteriorating moral and ethical values in employees. Implications and recommendations are also provided to curb those issues. Overall, these educational issues need to be addressed and inhibited for a smooth journey towards being a developed country.

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“…Clark and Lepinteurb (2019) hypothesized that adult unemployment experience could be transmitted from older generations to analyze explained variables, namely family background, childhood, life satisfaction, and social norms. Another research applying the regression analysis model by Hossain and Afrin (2018) indicated a strong relationship between graduate attributes, employability skills, and job mismatch (Hossain et al, 2018). Considering that there have been various research papers on the Unemployment proposing regression technique, several limitations are still related to the data collection method and data input.…”

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Assessing the Unemployment Problem Using A Grey MCDM Model under COVID-19 Impacts: A Case Analysis from Vietnam

Nguyen¹,

Tsai²,

Nguyen³

et al. 2020

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The COVID 19 pandemic has led to a new global recession and is still causing a lot of issues because of the delays in the employment of people. This scenario has severe consequences for many countries' labor markets in the world. This problem's complexity and importance requires an integrated method of subjective and objective evaluation rather than intuitive decisions. This research aims to investigate sustainable indexes for assessing the unemployment problem by using a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model (MCDM). Grey theory and Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (GDEMATEL) are deployed to transform the experts' opinions into quantitative data. The analysis based on 20 crucial criteria is employed to determine the weights of sustainability of unemployment problems. The results revealed that the top ten of determinants are Economic growth, Industrialization, Foreign direct investment, Real GDP per capita, Education level, Trade Openness, Capacity Utilization Rate, Urbanization, Employability skills, Education system expansion, which have the most significant effects on the unemployment rate under COVID 19 impacts. Furthermore, GDEMATEL could effectively assess the sustainable indicators for unemployment problems in "deep and wide" aspects. The study proposes the Grey MCDM model, contributes to the literature, provides future research directions, and helps policymakers and researchers achieve the best solutions to the unemployment problems under "economic shocks."

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Factors Influencing Unemployment among Fresh Graduates: A Case Study in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Cited by 62 publications

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Determinants of Economic Development and Employability of Higher Education Institutions Graduates

Determinants of Economic Development and Employability of Higher Education Institutions Graduates

Educational Theories and Issues in Human Capital Development

Assessing the Unemployment Problem Using A Grey MCDM Model under COVID-19 Impacts: A Case Analysis from Vietnam

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