Pulling in one direction? Stakeholder perceptions of employability in Malaysia

Cheong, Kee Cheok; Leong, Yin Ching; Hill, Christopher

doi:10.1080/03075079.2019.1654449

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“…Thus, develop employability and prepare themselves for their professional life. The outcome matches with Cheong et al (2021), which points to teachers who possess friendliness, supportive nature, just behavior, and are not short‐tempered can have influential communication with students, make them develop professional skills and abilities, and create employability. So, in the post‐pandemic era, teachers with positive personalities increase SE.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

A research on mix‐teaching method: Characteristics of employment education teachers on employability of students in Chinese institutions

Wen,

Qing

2024

Psychology in the Schools

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Student employability (SE) is the foremost requirement for current university, especially in the current pandemic situation that business and industry enterprises require more capable employees to survive in a highly uncertain world. There are several characteristics of the teachers such as personalities and ability to use innovative technologies which influences the employability of the students in Chinese universities. Thus, this study investigates the impact of employment education teachers' qualities, such as personalities and the capacity to use new technologies, on SE in Chinese universities, with a particular emphasis on the moderating function of mix‐teaching methods. The research has employed the questionnaires to gather the data from the chosen respondents. The article also applied the smart‐PLS to test the hypotheses of the study. The results revealed that the employment education teachers' characteristics have a positive nexus with SE in Chinese universities. The research clearly shows that the mix‐teaching technique considerably partially mediates the features of employment education teachers and SE in Chinese universities. This research will aid policymakers in implementing guidelines aimed at increasing SE.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

A research on mix‐teaching method: Characteristics of employment education teachers on employability of students in Chinese institutions

Wen,

Qing

2024

Psychology in the Schools

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“…In Malaysia, the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) has taken measures to quality control of the teaching and learning in HEIs, however, employability skills are not included in the assessment though HEIs are urged to integrate skills into their curriculum (Erni et al, 2019). Cheong et al (2019) commented that it is a common refrain to focus on soft skills rather than the ethos of the Malaysian education system is on 'passing examinations', therefore the blame is shared between HEIs and the system, they argued that with this academic-oriented focus, lecturers, the by-product of the system, emphasized only textbook-based theory, prioritized teaching over meaningful learning; resulting in the lack of acknowledgement of the importance of embedding graduate employability. Despite Government launched Malaysia Graduates Employability Blueprint 2012-2017, Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 (Ministry of Education 2012), and the Eleventh Malaysia Plan 2016-2020 (Malaysia 2016), the outcomes are reportedly bleak; JobStreet.com survey showed 70% of employers gave "poor" remarks, hence, Government should institutionalize stakeholder interaction and provide incentives to the industry that took part in employability programs such as promoting Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).…”

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confidence: 99%

Skills Gap: The Importance of Soft Skills in Graduate Employability as Perceived by Employers and Graduates

Yong

Ling²

2023

OJ-TP

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This study investigated the perceptions of soft skills among employers and graduates in Sarawak, using descriptive quantitative research methodology to determine if there is a significant difference between the employers and graduates; to compare differences in ranking of soft skills, and thus the occurrence of a skills gap between both parties. The literature reviews in this study emphasized, firstly, the perceptions of graduates and employers on soft skills about employability, a topic which had been studied over the decades across the world, since the skills gap or mismatch arose from the different perceptions is an ongoing phenomenon, that affected the curriculum of the higher education institutions and the labour market in the industries. Second, soft skills development has evolved; it has been referred to as 21st-century skills; a critical component of today's graduates' employability. Then, this study examined the perception of stakeholders involved in graduate employability, in particular, employer and graduate. The skills gap existed as a result of the disparities in perceptions between graduates and employers as the findings revealed there are differences in ranking orders, and frequency analysis confirmed the mean score comparisons of the ranking options between both parties. In terms of employers’ demographic characteristics, significant differences were spotted after analysing a one-way ANOVA. These findings aimed to provide useful information to the stakeholders involved in assisting with the reduction of the skills gap and hence improve the graduate employability in Sarawak.

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“…In Malaysia, the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) has taken measures to quality control of the teaching and learning in HEIs, however, employability skills are not included in the assessment though HEIs are urged to integrate skills into their curriculum (Erni et al, 2019). Cheong et al (2019) commented that it is a common refrain to focus on soft skills rather than the ethos of the Malaysian education system is on 'passing examinations', therefore the blame is shared between HEIs and the system, they argued that with this academic-oriented focus, lecturers, the by-product of the system, emphasized only textbook-based theory, prioritized teaching over meaningful learning; resulting in the lack of acknowledgment of the importance of embedding graduate employability. Despite Government launched Malaysia Graduates Employability Blueprint 2012-2017, Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 (Ministry of Education 2012), and the Eleventh Malaysia Plan 2016-2020 (Malaysia 2016), the outcomes are reportedly bleak; JobStreet.com survey showed 70% of employers gave "poor" remarks, hence, Government should institutionalize stakeholder interaction and provide incentives to the industry that took part in employability programs such as promoting Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).…”

Section: Practical Implicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Skills Gap: The Perceptions of Importance of Soft Skills in Graduate Employability Between Employers and Graduates

Yong¹,

Ling²

2023

JTS

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This study investigated the perceptions of soft skills among employers and graduates in Sarawak, using descriptive quantitative research methodology to determine if there is a significant difference between the employers and graduates; to compare differences in ranking of soft skills, and thus the occurrence of a skills gap between both parties. The literature reviews in this study emphasized, firstly, the perceptionsof graduates and employers on soft skills about employability, a topic which had been studied over the decades across the world, since the skills gap or mismatch arose from the different perceptions is an ongoing phenomenon, that affected the curriculum of the highereducation institutions and the labour market in the industries. Second, soft skills development has evolved; it has been referred to as 21st-century skills; a critical component of today's graduates' employability. Then, this study examined the perception of stakeholders involved in graduate employability, in particular, employerandgraduate. The skills gap existed as a result of the disparities in perceptions between graduates and employers as the findings revealed there are differences in ranking orders, and frequency analysis confirmed the mean score comparisons of the ranking options between both parties. In terms of employers’ demographic characteristics, significant differences were spotted after analysing a one-way ANOVA. These findingsaimed to provide useful information to the stakeholders involved in assisting with the reduction of the skills gap and hence improve the graduate employability in Sarawak.

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Pulling in one direction? Stakeholder perceptions of employability in Malaysia

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

A research on mix‐teaching method: Characteristics of employment education teachers on employability of students in Chinese institutions

A research on mix‐teaching method: Characteristics of employment education teachers on employability of students in Chinese institutions

Skills Gap: The Importance of Soft Skills in Graduate Employability as Perceived by Employers and Graduates

Skills Gap: The Perceptions of Importance of Soft Skills in Graduate Employability Between Employers and Graduates

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