An Examination of Soft Skills Listed in Texas Electronic Job Postings and Undergraduate Business Information Systems Syllabi

Autor/in	Scott-Bracey, Pamela
Titel	An Examination of Soft Skills Listed in Texas Electronic Job Postings and Undergraduate Business Information Systems Syllabi
Quelle	(2011), (95 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, University of North Texas
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-2676-5396-3
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Skill Analysis; Job Skills; Job Search Methods; Computer Mediated Communication; Undergraduate Students; Information Systems; Alignment (Education); Independent Study; Intercultural Communication; Interpersonal Competence; Adjustment (to Environment); Personality Traits; Majors (Students); Business Administration Education; Course Descriptions; Content Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Produktive Fertigkeit; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Computerkonferenz; Selbststudium; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Kursstrukturplan; Inhaltsanalyse; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to explore the alignment of soft skills sought by current business IS entry-level employers in electronic job postings, with the integration of soft skills in undergraduate business information systems (IS) syllabi of public four-year universities in Texas. One hundred fifty job postings were extracted from two major electronic career databases. Ten undergraduate AACSB-accredited programs in the field of business information systems (IS) were investigated, and syllabi for the 70 major courses of the business IS programs were obtained for review. Content analysis was applied to all job postings and syllabi, exposing all soft skills related to the 9 categories used in this study adapted from the 21st Century Framework for Learning (Partnership for 21st Century Learning, 2009). Frequencies were tabulated to determine rank of soft skills in job postings and syllabi, and Jaccard's coefficient statistic of occurrence was used for cluster analysis. Soft skills within all 9 categories were found in job postings (n = 1554) and course syllabi (n = 774). Three soft skill categories were aligned between job postings and syllabi: (1) initiative and self-direction, (2) social and cross-cultural skills, and (3) flexibility and adaptability. However, because differences in the higher ranked frequencies of soft skills in job postings and syllabi were noted, the null hypothesis of this study was rejected. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10