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Title: Relationship between Perceived Employability and Employability Skills and Attributes among Business Graduates
Language: English
Authors: Wise Mainga, Marlo B. Murphy-Braynen, Daniel Thompson, Bernadette Robins
Source: International Journal for Business Education. 2025 167(1).
Availability: International Society for Business Education. Web site: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/ijbe/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 31
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Job Skills, Employment Qualifications, Business Education, College Graduates, Self Esteem, Employment Level, Decision Making, Self Efficacy, Persistence, Job Search Methods, Gender Differences, Technology Integration, Educational Innovation, College Seniors, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Bahamas
ISSN: 2164-2877
2164-2885
Abstract: Research has identified the importance of perceived employability in enhancing new graduates' job search and finding initial employment. Students with high perceived employability are likely to have high self-confidence and perseverance in their job search, which may lead to early initial employment post-graduation. Perceived employability affects how new graduating students approach competitive and congested labour markets and is seen as one of the most important predictors of a new graduate getting and retaining a job. However, few studies have examined the relationship between perceived employability and disaggregated employability skills and attributes. This study examines the above relationship, arguing that not all employability factors and attributes equally impact perceived employability. Using factor analysis and linear regression, the study identifies a specific group of employability factors and attributes that are seen to have a significant effect on perceived employability. These are graduating students' multidisciplinary decision-making skills, self-efficacy, perseverance, and proactivity, enhancing female graduating students' confidence in job search, and universities widening their application of integrative innovative pedagogies in their degree programs. Universities that have adopted graduate employability as one of their missions are encouraged to foster the development of the above-identified employability factors, which have a significant association with the perceived employability of graduating business students.
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