Empowering through digital skills: A case of alumni in the business services sector.
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| Title: | Empowering through digital skills: A case of alumni in the business services sector. |
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| Authors: | Deja, Marek1 marek.deja@uj.edu.pl, Bobkowski, Piotr2, Huvila, Isto3, Mierzecka, Anna4 |
| Source: | Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology. Nov2024, Vol. 75 Issue 11, p1288-1303. 16p. |
| Subjects: | Digital technology, Self-evaluation, Social sciences, Self-efficacy, Research funding, Interprofessional relations, Cronbach's alpha, Data analysis, Work environment, Information resources, Business, Computer literacy, Alumnae & alumni, Research methodology, Humanities, Communication, Analysis of variance, Information literacy, One-way analysis of variance, Statistics |
| Abstract: | This quasi‐experiment examines the self‐assessment of psychological empowerment in the workplace among humanities and social science graduates who completed one of four digital literacy courses and were employed in the business services sector 6 months after graduation. The four courses—information literacy, data literacy, visual literacy, and communication and collaboration—were designed using information literacy and digital skills frameworks and were offered to support students' employability. Psychological empowerment was measured with four dimensions: meaning, competence, self‐determination, and impact. Statistical inference with a probabilistic approach using Bayesian ANOVA was conducted. The four courses varied in their impact on empowerment, with the information literacy course corresponding to the highest empowerment scores. The training also related differentially to the four dimensions of empowerment, with the highest scores on meaning. Evidence indicates that digital literacy instruction supports the psychological empowerment of humanities and social science graduates employed in the business services sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | This quasi‐experiment examines the self‐assessment of psychological empowerment in the workplace among humanities and social science graduates who completed one of four digital literacy courses and were employed in the business services sector 6 months after graduation. The four courses—information literacy, data literacy, visual literacy, and communication and collaboration—were designed using information literacy and digital skills frameworks and were offered to support students' employability. Psychological empowerment was measured with four dimensions: meaning, competence, self‐determination, and impact. Statistical inference with a probabilistic approach using Bayesian ANOVA was conducted. The four courses varied in their impact on empowerment, with the information literacy course corresponding to the highest empowerment scores. The training also related differentially to the four dimensions of empowerment, with the highest scores on meaning. Evidence indicates that digital literacy instruction supports the psychological empowerment of humanities and social science graduates employed in the business services sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 23301635 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/asi.24890 |
