The Development and Validation of the Student's Employability Competences Questionnaire (SECQ)

Autor/inn/en	Scoupe, Rémi; Römgens, Inge; Beausaert, Simon
Titel	The Development and Validation of the Student's Employability Competences Questionnaire (SECQ)
Quelle	In: Education & Training, 65 (2023) 1, S.88-105 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Scoupe, Rémi) ORCID (Römgens, Inge) ORCID (Beausaert, Simon)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-0912
DOI	10.1108/ET-12-2020-0379
Schlagwörter	Test Construction; Test Validity; Employment Potential; Competence; Questionnaires; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Factor Analysis; Belgium; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testaufbau; Testvalidität; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Kompetenz; Fragebogen; Ausland; Faktorenanalyse; Belgien; Niederlande
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims to measure the extent to which students possess the necessary competences of an employable graduate, the authors explored the development and validation of a questionnaire that measures employability competences of students in higher education through combining insights from higher education and workplace learning literature. Design/methodology/approach: The paper aims to develop and validate the questionnaire a systematic literature review and factor analyses were conducted. The authors applied the questionnaire to two different groups of students. First, to undergraduate students in an applied sciences program in Belgium (N = 935). The dataset was randomly divided into two subsets to conduct an exploratory and a confirmatory factor analysis. Next, another confirmatory factor analysis was done to cross-validate the factor structure found. For this, the questionnaire was offered to a group of undergraduate and graduate students at a university in The Netherlands (N = 995). Findings: The results support a model of employability based on combined insights from higher education and workplace learning literature. The model consists of the following seven factors: social competences, e-literacy, efficacy beliefs, flexibility, healthy work-life balance, lifelong learning and oral and written communication. Originality/value: The questionnaire can be utilized to screen students' employability profiles and examine the relationship between teaching practices and students' employability competences. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01