EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AND JOB PERFORMANCE OF GRADUATE STUDENTS INDEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE MODERATING ROLE OF SKILL-MISMATCH.

Autor: Opoku, Felix Kwame, Arthur, Dominic Degraft, Dankwah, Musah, Mensah, Emmanuel Awuku
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Zdroj: Ghana Journal of Development Studies; May2024, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p79-98, 20p
Abstrakt: Previous studies on employability skills and job performance utilised data from employers and students without paying attention to graduates who work concurrently. These studies also presume that having acquired employability skills, one will perform on the job. According to other studies, this is far from reality due to recent mismatches between graduate skills and their jobs. Thus, questions remain as to whether the link between employability skills and job performance has been thoroughly investigated. Against this background, the current study examined the moderation of skill mismatch on the relationship between employability skills and graduate job performance. Data were collected from 580 respondents and analysed using PLS-SEM. It was revealed that skill mismatch moderates this relationship. It was also indicated that the perceptions of graduates who work concurrently were equally relevant for assessing this link. Future studies were, thus, recommended to consider the perceptions of graduates who work concurrently in their respective studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index