The role of international competences in increasing graduates’ access to the labor market

Butum, Lavinia Cornelia

doi:10.1515/picbe-2017-0055

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“…The demand for specialized competencies and skills regarding practical activities is now rising, causing the competitiveness in a labor market that relates to employability rates [5,21]. Prior studies have reported their effort in statistically computing the predictive power of practical activities on KSC or/and employability [5,6,22]. For example, Gora et al [6] reported the significant relationship between practical activities and KSC while failed to prove a substantial relationship between practical activities and employability.…”

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Quality Assurance for Sustainable Higher Education: Structural Equation Modeling

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Competition to ensure sustainable conditions for graduates’ knowledge, skills, and competencies (KSC) and employability for sustainable development of human resources has long been present in higher education institutions (HEIs). The purpose of this study is to examine the roles of educational processes, practical activities, and research activities as key determinants to predict KSC and employability in the context of medical education in Indonesian HEIs. Moreover, this study also reports the role of facilities in predicting educational processes, practical activities, and research activities. This survey study obtained data from 1086 respondents, who are students of two medical schools. The data were analyzed by assessing the measurement and structural model in the partial least square structural equation model (PLS-SEM). Overall, all hypotheses were supported; the strongest relationship emerged between facilities and research activities, while the lowest relationship was present between practical activities and employability. From a theoretical perspective, the findings offer a conceptual framework related to HEIs’ quality management factors. Highlighting the significant relationships, appropriate policies can be produced for more quality institutions in improving graduates’ KSC and employability for the labor market.

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“…Starting from the idea that there is a link between the quality of the educational process and the skills acquired by the students, studies [6] show that there is also a connection between the curriculum, the international competencies and the chances in employment in the labor market.…”

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“…As far as practical activities are concerned, they play an important role in the student education process [47]. The study conducted by Butum [6], regarding students' perceptions of university performance in both Europe and Romania, illustrates that they most appreciate the professional competences they acquire over their years of study, practical activities, and the possibility of having access to international training programs. As already mentioned, teachers have a significant role in the development of students' competencies.…”

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“…As already mentioned, teachers have a significant role in the development of students' competencies. As stated by Bratianu and Vatamanescu [16], teachers should integrate in their disciplines a series of lectures and practical activities, designed to stimulate the development of skills and competencies among students, because in recent years, the labor market has increased the demand for international and specialized competencies and skills [6]. Starting from the important role of practical activities in the field of the educational process, the following hypotheses of research can be set out:…”

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“…The shift from student to employee status has become an important aspect of the labor market for students and for universities [6]. The issue of ensuring a match between the education system and, more precisely, between vocational training and the dynamics of the labor market has become a more and more common obstacle.…”

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Students’ Perspective on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in the Context of Sustainability: A PLS-SEM Approach

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The purpose of this paper was to provide empirical evidence of the impact of quality assurance in higher education on two relevant higher education outcomes; students’ knowledge, skills, and competencies; and their employability. Survey data were collected from two major Romanian public universities and analyzed using a partial least-squares structural equations modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. The main results suggested that students’ competencies were positively and directly influenced by the quality of the educational process, as well as the practical and research activities. The students’ chances of employment in the labor market were positively and directly influenced only by the quality of the educational process and by the research activities. Indirect influences were also revealed. The findings of the study may be shown to have theoretical implications by proposing a model that links the features of quality management in higher education institutions with students’ competencies and chances of employment in the labor market. From a practical perspective, the results may be of interest to higher education policy makers, to evaluation and accreditation institutions, to universities, and also to students.

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Quality Assurance in Higher Educational Institutions: Empirical Evidence in Indonesia

Nugraha,

Prasetyo,

Sugiharti

et al. 2023

Sage Open

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The purpose of this study is to look into the importance of educational processes, practices, and research activities in predicting knowledge skills and competences (KSC) and employability in Indonesian higher education. A survey was used in the quantitative research approach. Respondents to this study selected 500 instructors and students from 31 universities in Indonesia that offer outstanding approved study programs. The Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology oversees all universities. Scoring and structural equation modeling were used to evaluate the data. The educational process is significantly influenced by facilities. Significant relationships have been discovered between facilities and practicum activities, facilities and research activities, practical activities and employability, research activities and employability, research activities and KSC, and practical activities to KSC. There is no significant relationship between the educational process and employability, nor between the educational process and KSC. This study’s findings also show that the educational process does not mediate the effect of facilities on employability but does mediate the effect of facilities on KSC, that the effect of facilities on employability was mediated by the practical activity variable, that practical activity variables mediated the effect of facilities on KSC, and that research activity variables mediated the effect of facilities on employability. Variables related to research activity influenced the effect of facilities on KSC. This research’s contribution can become literature for future research and can be used by education stakeholders to identify applicable policies to assist KSC and its graduates’ employability.

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The role of international competences in increasing graduates’ access to the labor market

Abstract: (Stan, Butum & Zodieru, 2016)

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

Quality Assurance for Sustainable Higher Education: Structural Equation Modeling

Quality Assurance for Sustainable Higher Education: Structural Equation Modeling

Students’ Perspective on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in the Context of Sustainability: A PLS-SEM Approach

Quality Assurance in Higher Educational Institutions: Empirical Evidence in Indonesia

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