Analyzing communication apprehension of engineering students of Pakistan for workplace environment
Communication apprehension is present in academic and non academic settings that affect oral presentation performance of engineering students. The purpose of this research was to explore communication apprehension prevailing among engineering students of Pakistan. Ten (10) engineering students from...
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| author | Kakepoto, Inayatullah Said, Hamdan Habil, Hadina Umrani, Aamir Iqbal Memon, Irfan Ahmed |
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| description | Communication apprehension is present in academic and non academic settings that affect oral presentation performance of engineering students. The purpose of this research was to explore communication apprehension prevailing among engineering students of Pakistan. Ten (10) engineering students from two engineering universities of Pakistan participated in this study. Purposive sampling method was used since respondents were selected on specific criteria of only final year engineering students. All presentations were video recorded to capture communication apprehension related barriers that influenced effective oral presentation performance of engineering students. Data were analyzed qualitatively using oral presentation assessment rubric based on four communication apprehension traits such as oral communication skill, credibility or confidence, gestures or purposeful use of body and appearance nervous mannerism. Three assessors assessed these presentations to overcome researcher bias. The results of the study revealed that communication apprehension affected oral communication skill and credibility or confidence of engineering students. In addition, due to communication apprehension they faced nervousness during oral presentation performance. The findings of the study can be used as a guideline to overcome communication apprehension of engineering students to prepare them productive engineers for modern industry. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-404772019-03-31T08:31:23Z http://eprints.utm.my/40477/ Analyzing communication apprehension of engineering students of Pakistan for workplace environment Kakepoto, Inayatullah Said, Hamdan Habil, Hadina Umrani, Aamir Iqbal Memon, Irfan Ahmed L Education Communication apprehension is present in academic and non academic settings that affect oral presentation performance of engineering students. The purpose of this research was to explore communication apprehension prevailing among engineering students of Pakistan. Ten (10) engineering students from two engineering universities of Pakistan participated in this study. Purposive sampling method was used since respondents were selected on specific criteria of only final year engineering students. All presentations were video recorded to capture communication apprehension related barriers that influenced effective oral presentation performance of engineering students. Data were analyzed qualitatively using oral presentation assessment rubric based on four communication apprehension traits such as oral communication skill, credibility or confidence, gestures or purposeful use of body and appearance nervous mannerism. Three assessors assessed these presentations to overcome researcher bias. The results of the study revealed that communication apprehension affected oral communication skill and credibility or confidence of engineering students. In addition, due to communication apprehension they faced nervousness during oral presentation performance. The findings of the study can be used as a guideline to overcome communication apprehension of engineering students to prepare them productive engineers for modern industry. 2013 Article PeerReviewed Kakepoto, Inayatullah and Said, Hamdan and Habil, Hadina and Umrani, Aamir Iqbal and Memon, Irfan Ahmed (2013) Analyzing communication apprehension of engineering students of Pakistan for workplace environment. European Journal of Business and Management, 5 (5). pp. 121-127. ISSN 2222-2839 https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/view/4560 |
| spellingShingle | L Education Kakepoto, Inayatullah Said, Hamdan Habil, Hadina Umrani, Aamir Iqbal Memon, Irfan Ahmed Analyzing communication apprehension of engineering students of Pakistan for workplace environment |
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