Irene Blanco-Gutierrez; Paloma Esteve, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Double Degrees play an important role in the current landscape of higher education.
1. UPM Double Degrees combining technical and business disciplines are still at an early stage.
2. Academic contents are biased towards technical disciplines rather than business.
3. Students prefer technical modules, but value business contents for employability.
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Guinevere Gilbert; Michelle Turner; Omid Haass, RMIT University
The successful acquisition of employment is influenced by a number of parameters, including the individual's perception that they are employable. This research uses sequential mixed methods to measure the perceived employability of commencing undergraduate students of a project management degree at an Australian university. Participants had lower scores on all employability dimensions in comparsion to students who had already commenced their degree, with the exception of collaboration. Gender differences emerged, with females having lower levels than males on the commencement readiness and lifelong learning dimensions. Students did not link previous work experience to perceived employability, and employability was not framed within a project management context for commencing students. Find...
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Chiara Consiglio; Pietro Menatta; Laura Borgogni; Guido Alessandri; Lucia Valente; Gian Vittorio Caprara, Sapienza University of Rome
Youth unemployment is a relevant issue among most European countries; therefore, it is important to understand its individual and situational determinants. This study aimed to investigate a conceptual model that explains the associations among positivity (POS), perceived support from employment agencies, perceived employability (PE), and employment status in a sample of 317 unemployed Italian youth involved in the Youth Guarantee program. In particular, this study investigated the relationships between POS and PE and between PE and employment. Moreover, we analyzed whether the relationship between POS and employment status was mediated by PE and whether the relationship between POS and PE was moderated by perceived support from employment agencies. Results showed that PE totally mediated t...
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Haifa Mefteh, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
This paper investigates the impact of extracurricular activities (ECA) on developing employability skills of higher education graduates in Tunisia. In this regard, we use a quantitative survey that has been distributed to 451 graduates. The results of the logistic regression model show that participation in extracurricular activities (ECA) is
the main determinant of soft skills development. In addition, Spearman's correlation analysis demonstrates a positive one between the acquisition of soft skills and participation in extracurricular activities. Each of the activities develops specific skills. We found that participation in social groups helps to develop more soft skills.
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