Exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in Malaysia
This study was conducted to explore the employers’ perceptions of the relationship between the quality of public universities and graduate employability. This study adopted a qualitative research design by using a semi- structural interview with ten employers. The findings indicate the determinants...
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2024
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| author | Almasri, Amal Ahmad Ali, Noor Azman Jantan, Amer Hamzah |
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| description | This study was conducted to explore the employers’ perceptions of the relationship between the quality of public universities and graduate employability. This study adopted a qualitative research design by using a semi- structural interview with ten employers. The findings indicate the determinants of university quality, including university outcomes, reputation, academic program and curriculum, infrastructure and support facilities, academic staff, and training as influential factors on graduate employability. In addition, employers commented that graduate employability could be influenced by top management commitment, especially when they seek to communicate with stakeholders to determine the workplace’s needs to improve their graduate employability. Whilst, employers consider admission requirements of public universities are not based on academic excellence, but on the quantity of students. Therefore, this study recommends that the higher authorities in public universities and employers need to strengthen the associations between them and activate partnerships for all parties’ benefit. As well, public universities need to pay more attention to the determinants of quality, which contribute to enhancing graduate employability. |
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| spelling | upm-1142682025-01-13T03:32:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114268/ Exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in Malaysia Almasri, Amal Ahmad Ali, Noor Azman Jantan, Amer Hamzah This study was conducted to explore the employers’ perceptions of the relationship between the quality of public universities and graduate employability. This study adopted a qualitative research design by using a semi- structural interview with ten employers. The findings indicate the determinants of university quality, including university outcomes, reputation, academic program and curriculum, infrastructure and support facilities, academic staff, and training as influential factors on graduate employability. In addition, employers commented that graduate employability could be influenced by top management commitment, especially when they seek to communicate with stakeholders to determine the workplace’s needs to improve their graduate employability. Whilst, employers consider admission requirements of public universities are not based on academic excellence, but on the quantity of students. Therefore, this study recommends that the higher authorities in public universities and employers need to strengthen the associations between them and activate partnerships for all parties’ benefit. As well, public universities need to pay more attention to the determinants of quality, which contribute to enhancing graduate employability. Inderscience Publishers 2024-09-03 Article PeerReviewed Almasri, Amal Ahmad and Ali, Noor Azman and Jantan, Amer Hamzah (2024) Exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in Malaysia. International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 17 (5). pp. 484-510. ISSN 1741-1009; eISSN: 1741-1017 https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJKL.2024.140824 10.1504/IJKL.2024.140824 |
| spellingShingle | Almasri, Amal Ahmad Ali, Noor Azman Jantan, Amer Hamzah Exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in Malaysia |
| title | Exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in Malaysia |
| title_full | Exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in Malaysia |
| title_short | Exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in Malaysia |
| title_sort | exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in malaysia |
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