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Graduate employability: perception of graduate students on soft skills towards employability in Bangladesh

Career opportunity for newly graduated candidates in Bangladesh is challenging at present due to high job demand, skill gap and lack of practical experiences. Thus, this study emphasises on student’s perception regarding the importance of soft skills acquisition towards their employability. This stu...

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Main Authors: Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman, Hashim, Junaidah, Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Juhdi, Nurita
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Language:English
Published: Research Publishing Academy (RPA) 2021
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HF5549 Personnel management
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/89158/13/89158_Graduate%20employability%20perception%20of%20graduate%20students%20on%20soft%20skills%20towards%20employability%20in%20Bangladesh.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.891582021-04-06T07:00:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/89158/ Graduate employability: perception of graduate students on soft skills towards employability in Bangladesh Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman Hashim, Junaidah Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul Juhdi, Nurita HF5549 Personnel management Career opportunity for newly graduated candidates in Bangladesh is challenging at present due to high job demand, skill gap and lack of practical experiences. Thus, this study emphasises on student’s perception regarding the importance of soft skills acquisition towards their employability. This study has collected survey responses from 326 final year students from ten different private and public universities in Bangladesh. Structural Equational Modelling (SEM) technique has been used to investigate the relationship between different soft skills and employability through analysis of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Significant relationships among communication, critical thinking, teamwork and employability have been found in this study. This study is limited to the soft skills acquisition and graduates’ employability. Further study can be conducted between the relationship of different soft skills and Human Resource Management (HRM) practices. This study provides a significant contribution to the literature by exploring the key soft skills that have relationship with employability. It also promotes the acquisition and practice of soft skills in finding jobs for newly graduated job candidates Research Publishing Academy (RPA) 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/89158/13/89158_Graduate%20employability%20perception%20of%20graduate%20students%20on%20soft%20skills%20towards%20employability%20in%20Bangladesh.pdf Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman and Hashim, Junaidah and Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul and Juhdi, Nurita (2021) Graduate employability: perception of graduate students on soft skills towards employability in Bangladesh. Journal of International Business and Management, 4 (4). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2616-5163 E-ISSN 2616-4655 https://rpajournals.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JIBM-2021-03-87.pdf https://doi.org/10.37227/jibm-2021-03-87/
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Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman
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Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Juhdi, Nurita
Graduate employability: perception of graduate students on soft skills towards employability in Bangladesh
description Career opportunity for newly graduated candidates in Bangladesh is challenging at present due to high job demand, skill gap and lack of practical experiences. Thus, this study emphasises on student’s perception regarding the importance of soft skills acquisition towards their employability. This study has collected survey responses from 326 final year students from ten different private and public universities in Bangladesh. Structural Equational Modelling (SEM) technique has been used to investigate the relationship between different soft skills and employability through analysis of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Significant relationships among communication, critical thinking, teamwork and employability have been found in this study. This study is limited to the soft skills acquisition and graduates’ employability. Further study can be conducted between the relationship of different soft skills and Human Resource Management (HRM) practices. This study provides a significant contribution to the literature by exploring the key soft skills that have relationship with employability. It also promotes the acquisition and practice of soft skills in finding jobs for newly graduated job candidates
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author Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman
Hashim, Junaidah
Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Juhdi, Nurita
author_facet Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman
Hashim, Junaidah
Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Juhdi, Nurita
author_sort Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman
title Graduate employability: perception of graduate students on soft skills towards employability in Bangladesh
title_short Graduate employability: perception of graduate students on soft skills towards employability in Bangladesh
title_full Graduate employability: perception of graduate students on soft skills towards employability in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Graduate employability: perception of graduate students on soft skills towards employability in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Graduate employability: perception of graduate students on soft skills towards employability in Bangladesh
title_sort graduate employability: perception of graduate students on soft skills towards employability in bangladesh
publisher Research Publishing Academy (RPA)
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/89158/
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