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Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a Malaysia case study

As human capital came to the fore in the discourse on economic growth, so too has the concepts of employment prospects and employability attributes as students transit to the labor market. This paper examines three issues in this transition in the context of Malaysia. These are, first, how important...

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Main Authors: Cheong, Kee Cheok, Hill, Christopher, Leong, Yin Ching, Zhang, Chen
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
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HC Economic History and Conditions
P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/22242/
https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1196351
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spelling my.um.eprints.222422019-09-05T01:58:38Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/22242/ Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a Malaysia case study Cheong, Kee Cheok Hill, Christopher Leong, Yin Ching Zhang, Chen HC Economic History and Conditions P Philology. Linguistics As human capital came to the fore in the discourse on economic growth, so too has the concepts of employment prospects and employability attributes as students transit to the labor market. This paper examines three issues in this transition in the context of Malaysia. These are, first, how important is employment prospects a consideration when students choose institutions to join and programs to pursue? Second, what is their understanding of the attributes needed for employability? Third, how well do students’ understanding of both concepts accord with how employers understand them? Using a combination of survey and face-to-face interviews, this study confirmed the considerable importance of both concepts in students’ study decisions. Their understanding was broadly congruent with that of employers. These findings have implications for students’ learning experiences, for the education system, and for policy-makers hoping for the human capital needed to make the leap from a middle-income to a high-income nation. Taylor & Francis 2018 Article PeerReviewed Cheong, Kee Cheok and Hill, Christopher and Leong, Yin Ching and Zhang, Chen (2018) Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a Malaysia case study. Studies in Higher Education, 43 (4). pp. 702-718. ISSN 0307-5079 https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1196351 doi:10.1080/03075079.2016.1196351
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topic HC Economic History and Conditions
P Philology. Linguistics
spellingShingle HC Economic History and Conditions
P Philology. Linguistics
Cheong, Kee Cheok
Hill, Christopher
Leong, Yin Ching
Zhang, Chen
Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a Malaysia case study
description As human capital came to the fore in the discourse on economic growth, so too has the concepts of employment prospects and employability attributes as students transit to the labor market. This paper examines three issues in this transition in the context of Malaysia. These are, first, how important is employment prospects a consideration when students choose institutions to join and programs to pursue? Second, what is their understanding of the attributes needed for employability? Third, how well do students’ understanding of both concepts accord with how employers understand them? Using a combination of survey and face-to-face interviews, this study confirmed the considerable importance of both concepts in students’ study decisions. Their understanding was broadly congruent with that of employers. These findings have implications for students’ learning experiences, for the education system, and for policy-makers hoping for the human capital needed to make the leap from a middle-income to a high-income nation.
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author Cheong, Kee Cheok
Hill, Christopher
Leong, Yin Ching
Zhang, Chen
author_facet Cheong, Kee Cheok
Hill, Christopher
Leong, Yin Ching
Zhang, Chen
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title Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a Malaysia case study
title_short Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a Malaysia case study
title_full Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a Malaysia case study
title_fullStr Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a Malaysia case study
title_full_unstemmed Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a Malaysia case study
title_sort employment as a journey or a destination? interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a malaysia case study
publisher Taylor & Francis
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/22242/
https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1196351
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