The Influence of Psychological Capital on Graduates' Perception of Employability: The Mediating Role of Employability Skills

Autor/inn/en	Ayala Calvo, Juan Carlos; Manzano García, Guadalupe
Titel	The Influence of Psychological Capital on Graduates' Perception of Employability: The Mediating Role of Employability Skills
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 40 (2021) 2, S.293-308 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ayala Calvo, Juan Carlos) ORCID (Manzano García, Guadalupe)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2020.1738350
Schlagwörter	College Graduates; College Seniors; Young Adults; Business Administration Education; Public Colleges; Employment Potential; Employment Qualifications; Job Skills; Correlation; Psychological Characteristics; Competence; Self Efficacy; Positive Attitudes; Resilience (Psychology); Entrepreneurship; Foreign Countries; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; College; Colleges; Senior; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Produktive Fertigkeit; Korrelation; Kompetenz; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Unternehmungsgeist; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	This study investigated the influence of psychological capital on the acquisition of employability skills among final-year university students. The study also looked into whether employability skills played a mediating role in the relationship between psychological capital and employability as perceived by undergraduates. With a time-lagged design and a sample of 326 students in their last year in a Business Administration and Management undergraduate program, the results showed that the increase in students' psychological capital had a positive and direct effect on the increase in the level of competence shown in employability skills. On the other hand, the results revealed that entrepreneurial initiative was the only employability skill that plays a mediating role in the relationship between psychological capital and the employability perceived by students. Therefore, interventions designed to increase the perceived employability of undergraduate students should include components that focus on developing their psychological capital and entrepreneurial initiative. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01