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 attributes 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, teamwork, leadership, professionalism and ethics) have no significant... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Nazron, Muhammad Ariff
Lim, Beatrice
Nga, Janice L.H.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Verlag/Hrsg.: Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Sabah (PUMS)
Schlagwörter: Employability / industrial training / graduate soft skills attributes / employment status
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/mjbe/article/view/1080

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 attributes 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, teamwork, leadership, professionalism and ethics) have no significant relationship with the employment status of the graduates