DEFINING AND MEASURING EMPLOYABILITY: SELF-PERCEIVED-EMPLOYABILITY (SPE) APPROACH

Year 2016, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 205 - 209, 15.07.2016

Erabaddage Gishan Tharanga Sumanasırı , Mohd Shukri Ab Yajıd Ali Khatıbı

Abstract

Despite the attention given to graduate employability, it remains to be poorly defined and operationalized. Each new study appears to complicate things further with new employability definitions. The concept appears to be theoretical in nature with limited research support. The increasing politicization of the concept, where different stakeholders attempt to define employability according to their own perspectives is a main reason for this situation. Employability literature reveals the differences of perceptions among the employees, employers, and university faculty. The perception that employees have towards their own employability appears to influence the ultimate work, and self-perceived-employability (SPE) has evolved as an alternative approach to conceptualize and operationalize employability. SPE has strong theoretical support and is ready for operationalization with clearly defined underlying factors which has been proven and tested through multiple studies. Current paper critically evaluates the concept of SPE and makes recommendations for future researchers based on review of existing literature. 

Keywords

Employability, Self-Perceived-Employability, Employability Skills, Employers, Employees

Erabaddage Gishan Tharanga Sumanasiri Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid

Abstract

Mezun istihdam edilebilirliğine ilgi gösterilmesine rağmen, hala tam olarak tanımlanmamış ve işlevsellendirilememiştir. Her yeni çalışmanın istihdam karmaşıklaştırdığı görülmektedir. Kavram sınırlı araştırma desteği ile teorik bir doğada kalmaktadır. Farklı paydaşların kendi perspektiflerine göre istihdam edilebilirliği tanımlama girişiminde bulunmaları nedeniyle kavramın giderek edilebilirlik yazını işveren, çalışan ve üniversite fakülteleri arasındaki bakış açılarının farklılığını ortaya koymaktadır. Çalışanların kendi istihdam edilebilirliklerine yönelik algıları onların nihai işlerini etkilemektedir ve istihdam kavramlaştırılması ve işlevsellendirilmesine alternatif bir yaklaşıma doğru evrilmektedir. İstihdam edilebilirlik algısı güçlü bir teorik altyapı ile desteklenmektedir ve istihdam edilebilirliğin altında yatan faktörlerin açıkça çoklu çalışmalar yoluyla test edilip kanıtlanmasıyla birlikte işlevsellendirilmeye edilebilirlik algısı (SPE) kavramını değerlendirmekte ve var olan yazın gözden geçirilerek gelecek çalışmalara öneriler getirmektedir

Keywords

İstihdam, Öz-Algılanan-İstihdam

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