Unravelling the interplay between competencies, career preparedness, and perceived employability among postgraduate students: a structural model analysis

IF 2.3 3区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI:10.1007/s12564-023-09896-4
Ranjit I George, Bino Paul
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There is an ever-increasing demand for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to engage with the challenges of the changing labour market contexts and trends, such as the Fifth Industrial Revolution and the new normal. However, a major criticism is that higher education institutions do not often prepare graduates for real-life contexts. For that reason, it is not surprising that graduate employability and the competencies required have become the primary concerns of HEIs. Often, we see the phrases "competency" and "employability" presented in the literature as essential requirements for graduates to attain gainful employment streams. Some studies also present them as interrelated concepts. However, we seldom find studies that unravel their intertwined relationships. This article tries to bridge this gap by looking into the role of HEIs in promoting the development of competencies for employability. We used a structured questionnaire to collect the quantitative data from 389 postgraduate students enrolled in a generic stream from an Indian State, Kerala. This paper proposes and tests a structural model of relationships between the perceived competencies of the postgraduates and their perceived career preparedness and, subsequently, perceived employability. This paper also highlights the need to reimagine tertiary education to suit the demands of changing times.

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揭示研究生的能力、职业准备和就业能力之间的相互作用:结构模型分析
人们对高等教育机构(HEIs)提出了越来越高的要求,希望它们能够应对不断变化的劳动力市场环境和趋势所带来的挑战,如第五次工业革命和新常态。然而,一个主要的批评意见是,高等教育机构往往没有培养出适应现实生活环境的毕业生。因此,毕业生的就业能力和所需能力成为高等院校的首要关注点也就不足为奇了。我们经常在文献中看到 "能力 "和 "就业能力 "这两个词,它们是毕业生获得有偿就业的基本要求。有些研究还把它们作为相互关联的概念。然而,我们很少发现有研究能揭示它们之间的相互关系。本文试图通过研究高等院校在促进就业能力培养方面的作用来弥补这一空白。我们采用结构化问卷调查的方式,收集了来自印度喀拉拉邦的 389 名通用专业研究生的定量数据。本文提出并检验了研究生所感知的能力与他们所感知的职业准备程度之间的结构模型,以及随后的就业能力感知模型。本文还强调了重新构想高等教育的必要性,以适应不断变化的时代需求。
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Asia Pacific Education Review
Asia Pacific Education Review EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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期刊介绍: The Asia Pacific Education Review (APER) aims to stimulate research, encourage academic exchange, and enhance the professional development of scholars and other researchers who are interested in educational and cultural issues in the Asia Pacific region. APER covers all areas of educational research, with a focus on cross-cultural, comparative and other studies with a broad Asia-Pacific context. APER is a peer reviewed journal produced by the Education Research Institute at Seoul National University. It was founded by the Institute of Asia Pacific Education Development, Seoul National University in 2000, which is owned and operated by Education Research Institute at Seoul National University since 2003. APER requires all submitted manuscripts to follow the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA; http://www.apastyle.org/index.aspx).
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