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The development and evaluation of soft skill employability construct among Malaysian technology industry workers

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This study was conducted to explore the impact of soft skills on the employability of graduates and employees in technology industry companies of Malaysia. The objectives of this study are identifying the soft critical skills required by the technology industry sector in Malaysia based on Fuzzy Delphi Analysis, investigating the impact and importance of soft skills on employability and define the most influencing soft skills, and developing a new model which includes the soft skills factors that impact employability. This study was conducted based on a few theories in three domains: soft skills relationship with employability domain, second, soft skills and employability assessment domain, and third, soft skills model and instrument development domain. The leading theory that supports this study is the human capital theory. This study was based on a multi-method research approach. The first method was the Fuzzy Delphi method, which was utilised to identify soft critical skil.....

Thesis Published 2021 2995 hits Available

The influence of soft skills on employability: a case study on technology industry sector in Malaysia

Fadhil Sally

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Aim/Purpose This research investigates the influence of soft skills on graduates? employability in the technology industry, using the technology industry sector in Malaysia as a case. Background Organizations are looking for appropriate mechanisms to hire qualified employees with strong soft skills and hard skills. This requires that job candidates possess a set of qualifications and skills which impact their employability. Methodology Fuzzy Delphi analysis was conducted as preliminary study to identify the critical soft skills required by technology industry sector. The preliminary study produced ten critical soft skills to form a conceptual model of their influence on employability. Then, an online questionnaire survey was distributed in two industry companies in Malaysia to collect research data, and regression analysis was conducted to validate the conceptual model. Contribution This research focuses on the influence of soft skills on graduate employability in the technology indust.....

Article Published 2021 1648 hits Available

Impact of financial literacy level on financial behavior among higher education students: a case study in KDA University

Sally, Wong Ker Yuen

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Nowadays, financial literacy is becoming a concern in a society particularly, among youngsters. The biggest issue is, the youngsters are lack of understanding on how to control their finances. This study aims to evaluate the financial literacy level among youngsters based on their knowledge, attitude and behavior. At the same time investigating whether financial literacy, gender and household income have a significant influence on the financial behavior of KDA undergraduate students. Primary data was collected through a questionnaire which consisted of few different sections that measure the financial knowledge, attitude and behavior among KDA students. A total sample size of 186 was collected for this study. Reliability test, regression analysis and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were the methods used to analyze the data. The finding concluded that KDA students acquire a medium financial literacy level. Therefore, this study implies that individual, academic authorities, governme.....

Article Published 2022 667 hits Available

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