Employing the "Unemployable": Employer Perceptions of Malaysian Graduates

Autor/inn/en	Cheong, Kee-Cheok; Hill, Christopher; Fernandez-Chung, Rozilini; Leong, Yin-Ching
Titel	Employing the "Unemployable": Employer Perceptions of Malaysian Graduates
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 41 (2016) 12, S.2253-2270 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2015.1034260
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Employment Potential; Employers; Employer Attitudes; College Graduates; Private Colleges; Universities; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Questionnaires; Interviews; Likert Scales; Online Surveys; Expectation; Mixed Methods Research; Small Businesses; Organization Size (Groups); Employees; Employment Qualifications; Satisfaction; Corporations; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Privathochschule; University; Universität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Likert-Skala; Expectancy; Erwartung; Kleingewerbe; Organization size; Unternehmensgröße; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Zufriedenheit; Unternehmen
Abstract	Malaysia has made significant progress in advancing access to education over the last two decades, having achieved the education goals of the UN's Millennium Development Goals. Unfortunately, this has not been accompanied by quality improvement, with reports of "unemployable" graduates a frequent refrain. This paper reports on a study of Malaysian employers' perceptions of the country's graduates that finds a much more nuanced picture. While employers view Malaysian graduates as far from ideal, these graduates come with several strengths such as familiarity with local conditions, willingness to work hard, and lower hiring costs relative to foreign graduates. Not all Malaysian located graduates are ranked alike qualitatively; those enrolled in transnational private education are rated better than those from public universities. Major policy implications arising from this state of affairs are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01