The development and evaluation of soft skill employability construct among Malaysian technology industry workers
<p>This study was conducted to explore the impact of soft skills on the employability of</p><p>graduates and employees in technology industry companies of Malaysia. The objectives</p><p>of this study are identifying the soft criti...
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<p>This study was conducted to explore the impact of soft skills on the employability of</p><p>graduates and employees in technology industry companies of Malaysia. The objectives</p><p>of this study are identifying the soft critical skills required by the technology industry</p><p>sector in Malaysia based on Fuzzy Delphi Analysis, investigating the impact and</p><p>importance of soft skills on employability and define the most influencing soft skills,</p><p>and developing a new model which includes the soft skills factors that impact</p><p>employability. This study was conducted based on a few theories in three domains: soft</p><p>skills relationship with employability domain, second, soft skills and employability</p><p>assessment domain, and third, soft skills model and instrument development domain.</p><p>The leading theory that supports this study is the human capital theory. This study was</p><p>based on a multi-method research approach. The first method was the Fuzzy Delphi</p><p>method, which was utilised to identify soft critical skills through the preliminary study.</p><p>The outcome of the preliminary study produced ten soft critical skills with the</p><p>employability to form the study framework, namely: Communication Skills,</p><p>Motivation, Teamwork, Integrity, Trust, Honesty, Attitude, Learnability,</p><p>Responsibility, Innovation, and Employability. The second method was the Partial</p><p>Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to measure the influence of</p><p>soft skills on employability of graduates in the technology industry sector of Malaysia.</p><p>The data sample was collected from employees in two companies, namely Intel</p><p>corporation and Analog Devices, that included 345 individuals selected based on a</p><p>stratified random sampling method. In conclusion, the findings confirmed the influence</p><p>of Communication Skills, Attitude, Integrity, Learnability, Motivation and Teamwork</p><p>on employability, and this indicated that these skills are the critical factors for</p><p>employability in Malaysian technology companies. The adoption of these soft skills</p><p>will be impactful in terms of finding jobs for graduates in Malaysia.</p> |
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oai:ir.upsi.edu.my:73442022-08-23 The development and evaluation of soft skill employability construct among Malaysian technology industry workers 2021 Fadhil, Sally Saad N/A <p>This study was conducted to explore the impact of soft skills on the employability of</p><p>graduates and employees in technology industry companies of Malaysia. The objectives</p><p>of this study are identifying the soft critical skills required by the technology industry</p><p>sector in Malaysia based on Fuzzy Delphi Analysis, investigating the impact and</p><p>importance of soft skills on employability and define the most influencing soft skills,</p><p>and developing a new model which includes the soft skills factors that impact</p><p>employability. This study was conducted based on a few theories in three domains: soft</p><p>skills relationship with employability domain, second, soft skills and employability</p><p>assessment domain, and third, soft skills model and instrument development domain.</p><p>The leading theory that supports this study is the human capital theory. This study was</p><p>based on a multi-method research approach. The first method was the Fuzzy Delphi</p><p>method, which was utilised to identify soft critical skills through the preliminary study.</p><p>The outcome of the preliminary study produced ten soft critical skills with the</p><p>employability to form the study framework, namely: Communication Skills,</p><p>Motivation, Teamwork, Integrity, Trust, Honesty, Attitude, Learnability,</p><p>Responsibility, Innovation, and Employability. The second method was the Partial</p><p>Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to measure the influence of</p><p>soft skills on employability of graduates in the technology industry sector of Malaysia.</p><p>The data sample was collected from employees in two companies, namely Intel</p><p>corporation and Analog Devices, that included 345 individuals selected based on a</p><p>stratified random sampling method. In conclusion, the findings confirmed the influence</p><p>of Communication Skills, Attitude, Integrity, Learnability, Motivation and Teamwork</p><p>on employability, and this indicated that these skills are the critical factors for</p><p>employability in Malaysian technology companies. 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