'I Am Competent so I Can Be Choosy': Choosiness and Its Implication on Graduate Employability

Autor/inn/en	Jayasingam, Sharmila; Fujiwara, Yuji; Thurasamy, Ramayah
Titel	'I Am Competent so I Can Be Choosy': Choosiness and Its Implication on Graduate Employability
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 43 (2018) 7, S.1119-1134 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2016.1221918
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Graduates; Employment Potential; Human Resources; Job Skills; Employment Qualifications; Recruitment; Personnel Selection; Employer Attitudes; Competence; Statistical Analysis; Questionnaires; Hypothesis Testing; Preferences; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Humankapital; Produktive Fertigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Kompetenz; Statistische Analyse; Fragebogen; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest
Abstract	Employability is always used as a measure to gauge the value of graduates. Hence, most past studies attempted to identify competencies that can enhance the level of employability of graduates today. While these past studies found some competencies to be more important than others, the influence of graduate's attitude, mainly their level of choosiness were not given due consideration. Therefore, this research sets out to determine how choosiness influences the relationship between competencies and employability. We conducted a field experiment with 244 Human Resources executives with considerable experience in employee recruitment and selection. Naturally, highly competent graduates were considered more employable than their less competent counterparts. However, the level of graduate choosiness reduced their employability. Fundamentally, being choosy has a detrimental effect on graduates' employability. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01