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Soft skills and graduate employability: Evidence from Malaysian tracer study

Recent trends in graduate employment have raised concerns among higher education providers and other stakeholders. Issues concerning the soft skills gap have been constantly raised so that industries and universities can adopt various initiatives to address this situation. In addition, employment ha...

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Main Authors: Mohd Basir, Nora, Zubairi, Yong Zulina, Jani, Rohana, Abdul Wahab, Diana
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Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2022
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HF Commerce
LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling my.um.eprints.439422023-11-30T05:48:26Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/43942/ Soft skills and graduate employability: Evidence from Malaysian tracer study Mohd Basir, Nora Zubairi, Yong Zulina Jani, Rohana Abdul Wahab, Diana HF Commerce LB2300 Higher Education Recent trends in graduate employment have raised concerns among higher education providers and other stakeholders. Issues concerning the soft skills gap have been constantly raised so that industries and universities can adopt various initiatives to address this situation. In addition, employment has shifted from production to service, increasing the importance of soft skills. This study aims to map graduates’ soft skills and employment status after graduation. The Ministry of Higher Education repository was used to select 100,413 first-degree graduates who had completed their studies. Logistic regression analysis created the graduate employability predictive model, which yielded a 77 accuracy. The findings show that 85.5 of graduates were employed during data collection. The predictive model suggests that graduate employability status is affected by factors such as gender, family income, the field of study, MUET, CGPA, internship, entrepreneurship course, working experience, communication skills, analytical skills, teamwork, positive values, and general knowledge. © Universiti Putra Malaysia Press. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed Mohd Basir, Nora and Zubairi, Yong Zulina and Jani, Rohana and Abdul Wahab, Diana (2022) Soft skills and graduate employability: Evidence from Malaysian tracer study. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 30 (4). 1975 – 1989. ISSN 0128-7702, DOI https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.30.4.26 <https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.30.4.26>. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85146167247&doi=10.47836%2fpjssh.30.4.26&partnerID=40&md5=8337e855de3e41a78af2183a04aa98ab 10.47836/pjssh.30.4.26
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topic HF Commerce
LB2300 Higher Education
spellingShingle HF Commerce
LB2300 Higher Education
Mohd Basir, Nora
Zubairi, Yong Zulina
Jani, Rohana
Abdul Wahab, Diana
Soft skills and graduate employability: Evidence from Malaysian tracer study
description Recent trends in graduate employment have raised concerns among higher education providers and other stakeholders. Issues concerning the soft skills gap have been constantly raised so that industries and universities can adopt various initiatives to address this situation. In addition, employment has shifted from production to service, increasing the importance of soft skills. This study aims to map graduates’ soft skills and employment status after graduation. The Ministry of Higher Education repository was used to select 100,413 first-degree graduates who had completed their studies. Logistic regression analysis created the graduate employability predictive model, which yielded a 77 accuracy. The findings show that 85.5 of graduates were employed during data collection. The predictive model suggests that graduate employability status is affected by factors such as gender, family income, the field of study, MUET, CGPA, internship, entrepreneurship course, working experience, communication skills, analytical skills, teamwork, positive values, and general knowledge. © Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
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author Mohd Basir, Nora
Zubairi, Yong Zulina
Jani, Rohana
Abdul Wahab, Diana
author_facet Mohd Basir, Nora
Zubairi, Yong Zulina
Jani, Rohana
Abdul Wahab, Diana
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title Soft skills and graduate employability: Evidence from Malaysian tracer study
title_short Soft skills and graduate employability: Evidence from Malaysian tracer study
title_full Soft skills and graduate employability: Evidence from Malaysian tracer study
title_fullStr Soft skills and graduate employability: Evidence from Malaysian tracer study
title_full_unstemmed Soft skills and graduate employability: Evidence from Malaysian tracer study
title_sort soft skills and graduate employability: evidence from malaysian tracer study
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/43942/
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