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Soft skills attributes and graduate employability: A case in Universiti Malaysia Sabah

This study aims to investigate the relationship between graduate’s soft skills attributes and employment status among students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). A total of 200 respondents were surveyed using data from the feedback form on the tributes of UMS trainee who are currently undergoing in...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Ariff Nazron, Beatrice Lim Fui Yee, Janice L. H. Nga
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Penerbit UMS 2017
Subjects:
HD8038 Professions (General). Professional employees
LB2300-2430 Higher education
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34092/3/Soft%20skills%20attributes%20and%20graduate%20employability%2C%20A%20case%20in%20Universiti%20Malaysia%20Sabah.ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34092/2/Soft%20Skills%20Attributes%20and%20Graduate%20Employability..pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34092/
https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/mjbe/article/view/1080/709
https://doi.org/10.51200/mjbe.v0i0.1080
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spelling my.ums.eprints.340922022-09-14T04:05:50Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34092/ Soft skills attributes and graduate employability: A case in Universiti Malaysia Sabah Muhammad Ariff Nazron Beatrice Lim Fui Yee Janice L. H. Nga HD8038 Professions (General). Professional employees LB2300-2430 Higher education This study aims to investigate the relationship between graduate’s soft skills attributes and employment status among students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). A total of 200 respondents were surveyed using data from the feedback form on the tributes of UMS trainee who are currently undergoing industrial training in the year 2015 and the Graduate Tracer Study 2015. Using the Chi-square test, the results reveal that the attributes examined (knowledge, ICT skills, technical skills, problem solving, communication skills, team work, leadership, professionalism and ethics) have no significant relationship with the employment status of the graduates. Penerbit UMS 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34092/3/Soft%20skills%20attributes%20and%20graduate%20employability%2C%20A%20case%20in%20Universiti%20Malaysia%20Sabah.ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34092/2/Soft%20Skills%20Attributes%20and%20Graduate%20Employability..pdf Muhammad Ariff Nazron and Beatrice Lim Fui Yee and Janice L. H. Nga (2017) Soft skills attributes and graduate employability: A case in Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Malaysian Journal of Business and Economics (MJBE), 4 (2). pp. 65-76. ISSN 2289-6856 (P-ISSN) , 2289-8018 (E-ISSN) https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/mjbe/article/view/1080/709 https://doi.org/10.51200/mjbe.v0i0.1080
institution Universiti Malaysia Sabah
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country Malaysia
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language English
English
topic HD8038 Professions (General). Professional employees
LB2300-2430 Higher education
spellingShingle HD8038 Professions (General). Professional employees
LB2300-2430 Higher education
Muhammad Ariff Nazron
Beatrice Lim Fui Yee
Janice L. H. Nga
Soft skills attributes and graduate employability: A case in Universiti Malaysia Sabah
description This study aims to investigate the relationship between graduate’s soft skills attributes and employment status among students in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). A total of 200 respondents were surveyed using data from the feedback form on the tributes of UMS trainee who are currently undergoing industrial training in the year 2015 and the Graduate Tracer Study 2015. Using the Chi-square test, the results reveal that the attributes examined (knowledge, ICT skills, technical skills, problem solving, communication skills, team work, leadership, professionalism and ethics) have no significant relationship with the employment status of the graduates.
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author Muhammad Ariff Nazron
Beatrice Lim Fui Yee
Janice L. H. Nga
author_facet Muhammad Ariff Nazron
Beatrice Lim Fui Yee
Janice L. H. Nga
author_sort Muhammad Ariff Nazron
title Soft skills attributes and graduate employability: A case in Universiti Malaysia Sabah
title_short Soft skills attributes and graduate employability: A case in Universiti Malaysia Sabah
title_full Soft skills attributes and graduate employability: A case in Universiti Malaysia Sabah
title_fullStr Soft skills attributes and graduate employability: A case in Universiti Malaysia Sabah
title_full_unstemmed Soft skills attributes and graduate employability: A case in Universiti Malaysia Sabah
title_sort soft skills attributes and graduate employability: a case in universiti malaysia sabah
publisher Penerbit UMS
publishDate 2017
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34092/3/Soft%20skills%20attributes%20and%20graduate%20employability%2C%20A%20case%20in%20Universiti%20Malaysia%20Sabah.ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34092/2/Soft%20Skills%20Attributes%20and%20Graduate%20Employability..pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34092/
https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/mjbe/article/view/1080/709
https://doi.org/10.51200/mjbe.v0i0.1080
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