What Factors Determine the Development of Employability Skills in Nigerian Higher Education?

Autor/inn/en	Igwe, Paul Agu; Lock, Deborah; Rugara, David Gamariel
Titel	What Factors Determine the Development of Employability Skills in Nigerian Higher Education?
Quelle	In: Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 59 (2022) 3, S.337-348 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Igwe, Paul Agu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-3297
DOI	10.1080/14703297.2020.1850319
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Employment Potential; Higher Education; Human Capital; Labor Market; Transfer of Training; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Education Work Relationship; Futures (of Society); College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; College Students; Employer Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Job Skills; Educational Attainment; Certification; Employment Qualifications; Models; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Humankapital; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation; Future; Society; Zukunft; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Collegestudent; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Produktive Fertigkeit; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Employability is a set of skills, knowledge and personal attributes that make an individual adapt to changes in the labour market. This study applies 'Human Capital Theory' (HCT) and the 'theory of Interrole Learning Transfer' (ILT) to examine factors which affect the attitudes, motivations and actions of learners towards their future employability. A qualitative approach enabled in-depth interviews with 36 participants drawn from academics, students, company managers and policymakers. Our findings reveal that there is a disconnect between the teaching of theoretical knowledge and employability skills. Higher education (HE) is presented to Nigerians as if young people must achieve a degree certificate to have a chance to succeed in life. Also, it appears that students have a notion that the certificate is enough to evidence ability. The findings lead to the development of 'employability model' which proposes that individual orientation and institutional factors determine the enactment of employability skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01