Whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: A comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs

Reasons for the emerging mismatch between education and the labor market, its impact and the resolving mechanisms have been well studied. However, mismatch continues to be very problematic. Moreover, the new era of digitalization and artificial intelligence is accelerating this crisis. Acknowledging...

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Main Authors: Rahman, Md Mahfuzur, Alam, Gazi Mahabubul, Abdul Aziz, Nor Azni, Bashir, Karima, Kader, Romana
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Published: SAGE Publications Ltd 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/120195/
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author Rahman, Md Mahfuzur
Alam, Gazi Mahabubul
Abdul Aziz, Nor Azni
Bashir, Karima
Kader, Romana
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Alam, Gazi Mahabubul
Abdul Aziz, Nor Azni
Bashir, Karima
Kader, Romana
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description Reasons for the emerging mismatch between education and the labor market, its impact and the resolving mechanisms have been well studied. However, mismatch continues to be very problematic. Moreover, the new era of digitalization and artificial intelligence is accelerating this crisis. Acknowledging this tenet, we investigate further—whether a mismatch finds a match in the digitalized era. An individualist approach to answer each research question was considered so descriptive statistics, multinomial logistic regression and interviews are adopted under were implemented using the framework of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Findings suggest that the overall performance of the fully mismatched group (Science graduates) is comprehensively better compared to their counterpart (Business graduates). Digitalization has further generated a mismatch since business graduates are now increasingly irrelevant. This paper supplements the discourse on education and job market mismatch by using a distinct measurement strategy. We argue that digitalized skills are now the required competence to do jobs in any sector. Hence, all types of schools (business, science, social sciences) should equip their graduates with digitized skills in order to prevent them being replaced by science graduates.
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spelling upm-1201952025-09-25T01:25:57Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/120195/ Whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: A comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs Rahman, Md Mahfuzur Alam, Gazi Mahabubul Abdul Aziz, Nor Azni Bashir, Karima Kader, Romana Reasons for the emerging mismatch between education and the labor market, its impact and the resolving mechanisms have been well studied. However, mismatch continues to be very problematic. Moreover, the new era of digitalization and artificial intelligence is accelerating this crisis. Acknowledging this tenet, we investigate further—whether a mismatch finds a match in the digitalized era. An individualist approach to answer each research question was considered so descriptive statistics, multinomial logistic regression and interviews are adopted under were implemented using the framework of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Findings suggest that the overall performance of the fully mismatched group (Science graduates) is comprehensively better compared to their counterpart (Business graduates). Digitalization has further generated a mismatch since business graduates are now increasingly irrelevant. This paper supplements the discourse on education and job market mismatch by using a distinct measurement strategy. We argue that digitalized skills are now the required competence to do jobs in any sector. Hence, all types of schools (business, science, social sciences) should equip their graduates with digitized skills in order to prevent them being replaced by science graduates. SAGE Publications Ltd 2024 Article NonPeerReviewed Rahman, Md Mahfuzur and Alam, Gazi Mahabubul and Abdul Aziz, Nor Azni and Bashir, Karima and Kader, Romana (2024) Whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: A comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs. Industry and Higher Education, 38 (6). art. no. undefined. pp. 547-561. ISSN 0950-4222; eISSN: 2043-6858 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09504222241249900 10.1177/09504222241249900
spellingShingle Rahman, Md Mahfuzur
Alam, Gazi Mahabubul
Abdul Aziz, Nor Azni
Bashir, Karima
Kader, Romana
Whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: A comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs
title Whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: A comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs
title_full Whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: A comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs
title_fullStr Whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: A comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs
title_full_unstemmed Whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: A comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs
title_short Whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: A comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs
title_sort whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: a comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs
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