Malaysian graduates’ employability skills enhancement: an application of the importance performance analysis
In an era of globalisation and competitiveness, employers are looking for versatile graduates who are able to drive their organisations to compete successfully in the market place. Now-a-days, obtaining a good degree is no longer sufficient to get a job. Graduates should equip themselves, not only w...
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| author | Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Shukri Islam, Rafikul Abd Manaf, Noor Hazilah |
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| description | In an era of globalisation and competitiveness, employers are looking for versatile graduates who are able to drive their organisations to compete successfully in the market place. Now-a-days, obtaining a good degree is no longer sufficient to get a job. Graduates should equip themselves, not only with technical skills, but more importantly, with soft skills. The main objectives of this study are to identify Malaysian graduates’ employability skills, to identify the priority of each skill and to highlight the gap between the
importance of graduates’ employability skills to employers and their level of satisfaction on those skills. In general, the results of the gap analysis showed that employers perceive graduates’ employability skills performance as being
lower than the importance assigned to those skills. The widest gap was found in communication skills, especially the skill of the English language usage. Using the importance-performance analysis (IPA), 13 attributes fell into the
improvement quadrant. |
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| spelling | uum-260092019-05-02T01:33:28Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/26009/ Malaysian graduates’ employability skills enhancement: an application of the importance performance analysis Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Shukri Islam, Rafikul Abd Manaf, Noor Hazilah QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science In an era of globalisation and competitiveness, employers are looking for versatile graduates who are able to drive their organisations to compete successfully in the market place. Now-a-days, obtaining a good degree is no longer sufficient to get a job. Graduates should equip themselves, not only with technical skills, but more importantly, with soft skills. The main objectives of this study are to identify Malaysian graduates’ employability skills, to identify the priority of each skill and to highlight the gap between the importance of graduates’ employability skills to employers and their level of satisfaction on those skills. In general, the results of the gap analysis showed that employers perceive graduates’ employability skills performance as being lower than the importance assigned to those skills. The widest gap was found in communication skills, especially the skill of the English language usage. Using the importance-performance analysis (IPA), 13 attributes fell into the improvement quadrant. Inderscience Publishers 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/26009/1/JGBA%207%203%202014%20181%20197.pdf Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Shukri and Islam, Rafikul and Abd Manaf, Noor Hazilah (2014) Malaysian graduates’ employability skills enhancement: an application of the importance performance analysis. J. Global Business Advancement, 7 (3). pp. 181-197. ISSN 1746-966X https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=64078 |
| spellingShingle | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Shukri Islam, Rafikul Abd Manaf, Noor Hazilah Malaysian graduates’ employability skills enhancement: an application of the importance performance analysis |
| title | Malaysian graduates’ employability skills enhancement: an application of the importance
performance analysis |
| title_full | Malaysian graduates’ employability skills enhancement: an application of the importance
performance analysis |
| title_fullStr | Malaysian graduates’ employability skills enhancement: an application of the importance
performance analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malaysian graduates’ employability skills enhancement: an application of the importance
performance analysis |
| title_short | Malaysian graduates’ employability skills enhancement: an application of the importance
performance analysis |
| title_sort | malaysian graduates employability skills enhancement an application of the importance performance analysis |
| topic | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/26009/1/JGBA%207%203%202014%20181%20197.pdf |
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