Employers' Assessment of Graduates' Utilization of Employability Skills: Influence on Organizational Growth and Sustainable Development in Nigeria

Autor/in	Mary, Agboola Bolapeju
Titel	Employers' Assessment of Graduates' Utilization of Employability Skills: Influence on Organizational Growth and Sustainable Development in Nigeria
Quelle	In: Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 13 (2022) 1, S.63-76 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2255-7547
DOI	10.2478/dcse-2022-0006
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Employer Attitudes; Employment Qualifications; Sustainable Development; Organizational Development; College Graduates; Job Skills; Employees; Gender Differences; Specialization; Higher Education; Labor Market; Human Capital; Business; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Organisationsentwicklung; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Produktive Fertigkeit; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Humankapital; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft
Abstract	The study determined how employers' assessment of graduates' utilization of employability skills influences organizational growth and sustainable development in Nigeria. The design was ex-post facto with a population of 42 registered business organisations in Nigeria. Thirty-five organisation employers and 492 graduate employees were sampled through multistage techniques. Data were collected with "Employers' Assessment of Graduates' Employability Skills Utilization Questionnaire" (EAGESUQ) and "Sustainable Development University Education for Graduates' Skills Acquisition Questionnaire (SUDUEFGSAQ). Validated EAGESAQ and SUDUEFGSAQ were tested for reliability using Cronbach alpha statistic yielded reliability coefficients of 0.94 and 0.89 respectively. Inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The findings and conclusion showed that graduates skills, gender and fields of specialization significantly influence organization growth and sustainable development in Nigeria. Recommendations include: government agencies need to review university programmes and curriculum in line with labour market required skills; they need to monitor the implementation of internship for students and on-the-job-training of new graduate employees. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01