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Type :thesis
Subject :LC Special aspects of education
Main Author :Jing, Yu
Title :A framework of employability skills amongst Ningxia polytechnic graduated students
Place of Production :Tanjong Malim
Publisher :Fakulti Teknikal dan Vokasional
Year of Publication :2022
Corporate Name :Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
The purpose of this research is to assess the employability level of graduated students in Ningxia Polytechnic, and form an employability framework to improve the employability of students. Five employment ability variables studied are professional ability, individual ability, vocational ability, social ability, innovation and entrepreneurship. A total of 446 China Ningxia Polytechnic graduated students participated in this research. An instrument of the self-evaluation scale of vocational college students' employment ability was developed and the validity of the content was judged by experts. The instrument consists of 41 items employability, 40 items influencing factors and 9 item basic information, which has met the psychological measurement standards. The confirmatory factor analysis was performed by AMOS SEM to test the convergence validity and discriminant validity of the variables and Cronbach's alpha used to measure internal consistency of the scores produced. The selfevaluation scale of vocational college students' employment ability shows good convergence and discriminative validity. The overall mean of vocational students' employability skills was 3.84 (SD = 0.63). The instrumental analysis (CFA) was developed through the verification process using verification factors. Finding shows the value of the degree index (fit), which is an Absolute Fit, RMSEA 0.0067 (0.9) and Parsimonious Fit, Chisq/df 2.832 (

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