Graduate employability and graduateness: an overview of concepts, interpretations and emerging issues

Abdul Rahman, Shukran and Shuib, Munir (2011) Graduate employability and graduateness: an overview of concepts, interpretations and emerging issues. In: "2nd International Conference on Humanities, Historical and Social Sciences, (CHHSS 2011)", 21-23 October 2011, Cairo. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This paper discusses the concept of employability by providing its various definitions and explicating graduate employability issues in Malaysia. Instead of contextualising the concept merely to the employment market, this paper attempts to present a framework which also emphasises the needs of society when describing the quality of desirable graduates. This paper then discusses an alternative concept of graduate quality, referred to as graduateness which entails comprehensive attributes of graduates. The paper also discusses a number of initiatives to enhance employability.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Papers)
Additional Information:	2032/81379
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Employability, graduateness, university , employment
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Psychology
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr Shukran Abd Rahman
Date Deposited:	21 Oct 2020 10:33
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2020 10:33
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/81379

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