Soft skills among students: a case study of UiTM Cawangan Kelantan / Muhammad Faizal Samat, Norazlan Annual and Raznee Atisya Md Rashidi
This article contributes to ongoing debates about soft skills among students. In 2017, the unemployment rate in Malaysia was at 3.42 percent as compared to 2.85 percent in 2014. Education system must aim towards employability and ensure quality in education to reduce the percentage of unemployment....
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| description | This article contributes to ongoing debates about soft skills among students. In 2017, the unemployment rate in Malaysia was at 3.42 percent as compared to 2.85 percent in 2014. Education system must aim towards employability and ensure quality in education to reduce the percentage of unemployment. Thus, this study aims to investigate the development of soft skills among students through co-curriculum activities in UiTM Cawangan Kelantan. The sample were 113 students from UiTM Cawangan Kelantan. Questionnaires adapted from previous research to measure the communication skill, problem solving skill, team building skill, leadership skill and soft development of soft skills among students through co-curriculum activities. SEM-PLS 3.0 were employed in this study. The findings revealed only team building skill has significant influence on developments of soft skills among students through co-curriculum activities. However, the study indicates that communication skill, problem solving skill and leadership skill are not significant towards development of soft skills among students through cocurriculum activities. |
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| spelling | uitm-295032020-04-14T12:24:51Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29503/ Soft skills among students: a case study of UiTM Cawangan Kelantan / Muhammad Faizal Samat, Norazlan Annual and Raznee Atisya Md Rashidi abrij Samat, Muhammad Faizal Annual, Norazlan Md Rashidi, Raznee Atisya Educational psychology Learning. Learning strategies Educational tests and measurements This article contributes to ongoing debates about soft skills among students. In 2017, the unemployment rate in Malaysia was at 3.42 percent as compared to 2.85 percent in 2014. Education system must aim towards employability and ensure quality in education to reduce the percentage of unemployment. Thus, this study aims to investigate the development of soft skills among students through co-curriculum activities in UiTM Cawangan Kelantan. The sample were 113 students from UiTM Cawangan Kelantan. Questionnaires adapted from previous research to measure the communication skill, problem solving skill, team building skill, leadership skill and soft development of soft skills among students through co-curriculum activities. SEM-PLS 3.0 were employed in this study. The findings revealed only team building skill has significant influence on developments of soft skills among students through co-curriculum activities. However, the study indicates that communication skill, problem solving skill and leadership skill are not significant towards development of soft skills among students through cocurriculum activities. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29503/1/29503.pdf Samat, Muhammad Faizal and Annual, Norazlan and Md Rashidi, Raznee Atisya (2019) Soft skills among students: a case study of UiTM Cawangan Kelantan / Muhammad Faizal Samat, Norazlan Annual and Raznee Atisya Md Rashidi. (2019) Advances in Business Research International Journal (ABRIJ) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Advances_in_Business_Research_International_Journal_=28ABRIJ=29.html>, 5 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2462-1838 https://abrij.uitm.edu.my |
| spellingShingle | Educational psychology Learning. Learning strategies Educational tests and measurements Samat, Muhammad Faizal Annual, Norazlan Md Rashidi, Raznee Atisya Soft skills among students: a case study of UiTM Cawangan Kelantan / Muhammad Faizal Samat, Norazlan Annual and Raznee Atisya Md Rashidi |
| title | Soft skills among students: a case study of UiTM Cawangan Kelantan / Muhammad Faizal Samat, Norazlan Annual and Raznee Atisya Md Rashidi |
| title_full | Soft skills among students: a case study of UiTM Cawangan Kelantan / Muhammad Faizal Samat, Norazlan Annual and Raznee Atisya Md Rashidi |
| title_fullStr | Soft skills among students: a case study of UiTM Cawangan Kelantan / Muhammad Faizal Samat, Norazlan Annual and Raznee Atisya Md Rashidi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soft skills among students: a case study of UiTM Cawangan Kelantan / Muhammad Faizal Samat, Norazlan Annual and Raznee Atisya Md Rashidi |
| title_short | Soft skills among students: a case study of UiTM Cawangan Kelantan / Muhammad Faizal Samat, Norazlan Annual and Raznee Atisya Md Rashidi |
| title_sort | soft skills among students: a case study of uitm cawangan kelantan / muhammad faizal samat, norazlan annual and raznee atisya md rashidi |
| topic | Educational psychology Learning. Learning strategies Educational tests and measurements |
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