scholarly journals Role of Psychological Predisposition on Employability of Management Students: Moderation Analysis through Soft Skills Training

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanusree Chakraborty ◽  
Dishari Gupta ◽  
Raiswa Saha
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Management Students ◽  
The Impact

Purpose- The present study purports to probe into the nature of psychological predispositions like- leadership, initiative taking, critical thinking, self motivated outlook, risk taking ability and team skills of the aspirants of management programmes who opt for either MBA or PGDM courses and their relation with employability skills. The study attempted to understand the role of psychological predispositions on employability of management students and see whether the training on soft skills received during the management programmes moderates the impact on employability of those students. Design/methodology/approach – The study comprises of 330 postgraduate management students from across the four metro cities in India. The data has been collected from the respondents from various management colleges by group administration as well as through Google forms. Overall probabilistic sampling technique was used to collect the samples. Data was collected in three phases. The age group of the participants ranged between 22-27years. Findings – Findings suggest that other than leadership ability, all factors- initiative taking, critical thinking, self motivated outlook, risk taking ability and team skills are significant predictors of employability; intensity of soft skills training given by the institute has been found to moderate the relation between psychological predispositions and employability of the students; and among the two categories of educational background covered, management education significantly differentiates the levels of psychological predisposition among management students. Practical implications – The practical implication of this paper is that it is highly focusing on the need and indispensability of soft skills training among budding managers who are receiving the technical training in management. The study has clearly demonstrated that intensive soft skills training, in terms of time duration, variety and coverage, moderates the role of psychological predisposition on employability of management students. Originality/value- This original elementary study gives insight into the role of psychological predispositions and importance of soft skills training in employability of management graduates.

scholarly journals Values and Sex Behavior Attitude among Engineering College Students in Relation to Socio-economic Status

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mr. Ashok B. Patil ◽  
Dr. G. B. Chaudhari
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Sex Behavior ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Attitude Inventory ◽  
Management Students

Chakraborty T, Gupta D, Saha R (2017), Role of Psychological Predisposition on Employability of Management Students: Moderation Analysis through Soft Skills Training, International Journal of Indian Psychology, Volume 4, Issue 2,DIP: 18.01.172/20170402, DOI: 10.25215/0402.172In this era, the value and sex behaviour attitude of the Youth plays important role for the healthy society. The present study is conducted to investigate the values and sex behaviour attitude among engineering college students of Jalgaon city. Kamal Dvivedi and Shagufta Hafeez (1995) Values Scale and Dr Yashvir Singh (2004) Sex Behavior Attitude Inventory is used for the for the sample of 40 students of age group 18-22 years from engineering college of  Jalgaon City.

The effect of novelty in in-game advertising: examining the moderating role of interactivity and congruency

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Devika Vashisht
Keyword(s):  
Brand Attitude ◽  
Interactive Marketing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Brand Recall ◽  
Engagement Theory ◽  
Transportation Theory ◽  
Management Students ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe motivation behind the study is to look at the impact of novelty in games on brand recall and attitude, and to dissect the directing job of game interactivity from the points of view of “contrast effect,” “engagement theory” and “transportation theory”.Design/methodology/approachA 2 (novelty: congruent or incongruent) × 2 (game interactivity: high or low) between-subject measures design was used. In total, 172 management students participated in the study. A 2 × 2 between-subjects measure multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was utilized to test the hypotheses.FindingsIncongruent novelty results in higher brand recall but less favorable brand attitude than congruent novelty. Interactivity moderates the relationship between novelty congruence and brand recall such that in a high-interactivity condition, incongruent novelty results in higher brand recall than that in the low-interactivity condition. But, in case of the high-interactivity condition, congruent novelty results in more favorable brand attitude than that in the low-interactivity condition.Practical implicationsDeveloping high brand recall rates and attitudes are the prime objectives of the marketers for choosing a medium to advertise their brands. This investigation adds knowledge to the area of interactive marketing, particularly in-game advertising as a media technique to promote brands taking novelty and game interactivity factors into thought.Originality/valueFrom the perspectives of interactive marketing, psychological elaboration, mind-engagement and transportation of experience, this investigation adds to the literature of advanced media advertising, explicitly to in-game advertising by looking at the effect of novelty and game interactivity.

scholarly journals Career Counselling – Essential Part of the Personal and Professional Development Process for the Students and Young Reserchers in the Engineering Field

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (0) ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Simona Magdalena Hainagiu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Professional Profile ◽  
The Impact

Career counselling is an important process in the personal and professional development of young professionals. In a continuously changing labour market, the graduates in the engineering field have been rapidly become conscious that the technical abilities are only the core of their professional profile, and the need to add a wide range of soft skills become mandatory prerequisites imposed by the human resources services in the recruiting companies. Our research investigated the impact of a soft skills training programme developed in the framework of a European Union funding project. The results revealed a vivid interest of young researcher in the engineering filed for the personal and professional growth especially for the development of communication and teamwork abilities. The professional counselling activities are a largely integrated component among the activities and the general intervention directions proposed by the European funding projects revealing a real need for the sustainable development of these support activites.

scholarly journals The Effect of Independence and Integrity on Audit Quality: Is There A Moderating Role for E-Audit?

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diza Dianeke Budi Prabowo ◽  
Dwi Suhartini
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Auditor Independence ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
Audit Reports ◽  
The Impact

The financial statements must be reliable and become a benchmark in considering an audit decision on the financial statements. In order for this to be achieved, independence and integrity is required in carrying out the audit process. E-Audit helps overcome challenges in the industrial revolution 4.0 and prevent fraud. This research aims of testing and analyzing the role of e-audit in moderating the impact of auditor independence and integrity on audit quality. The data was collected through a questionnaire distributed to auditors at Public Accounting Firms in Surabaya. There are 36 respondents involved. The data were analyzed using SmartPLS. The results showed that auditor independence positively effect audit quality, auditor integrity positively effect audit quality; e-audit does non moderate the effect of auditor independence on audit quality; ande-Audit negatively moderates the effect of auditor integrity on audit quality. The practical implication of this research is that when determining high audit quality, independent auditors should at least increase their independence and integrity so that the resulting audit reports are of high quality and can be a reference for decision makers.

Crossing the Digital Divide in a Women's Community ICT Centre

2008 ◽  
pp. 904-910
Author(s):  
Clem Herman
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the role of community-based training initiatives in enabling women to cross the so-called digital divide and become confident users of ICTs. Drawing on a case study of the Women’s Electronic Village Hall (WEVH) in Manchester, United Kingdom, one of the first such initiatives in Europe offering both skills training and Internet access to women, the article will illustrate the impact that community-based initiatives can have in challenging and changing prevailing gendered attitudes toward technology. Gendered constructions of technology in dominant discourse suggest that women must also cross an internal digital divide, involving a change in attitude and self–identification, before they can see themselves as technically competent. Learning about technology is intimately linked to learning about gender, and the performance of skills and tasks that are culturally identified as masculine can be an empowering step for women, successfully challenging preconceived gendered relationships with technology. The WEVH occupied a unique position, acting as a model for other women’s ICT initiatives and influencing the development and proliferation of other community-based ICT access projects. There were two main motivating forces behind its setting up in 1992. The first was a shared vision of the potential for ICTs to be used as a tool to combat social exclusion. The second was a feminist commitment to redressing the inequalities and underrepresentation of women in computing. Both these perspectives formed an important backdrop to the growth and development of the organisation and have continued to inform its strategic plans.

Crossing the Digital Divide in a Women's Community ICT Centre

2008 ◽  
pp. 2151-2158
Author(s):  
Clem Herman
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the role of community-based training initiatives in enabling women to cross the so-called digital divide and become confident users of ICTs. Drawing on a case study of the Women’s Electronic Village Hall (WEVH) in Manchester, United Kingdom, one of the first such initiatives in Europe offering both skills training and Internet access to women, the article will illustrate the impact that community-based initiatives can have in challenging and changing prevailing gendered attitudes toward technology. Gendered constructions of technology in dominant discourse suggest that women must also cross an internal digital divide, involving a change in attitude and self–identification, before they can see themselves as technically competent. Learning about technology is intimately linked to learning about gender, and the performance of skills and tasks that are culturally identified as masculine can be an empowering step for women, successfully challenging preconceived gendered relationships with technology. The WEVH occupied a unique position, acting as a model for other women’s ICT initiatives and influencing the development and proliferation of other community-based ICT access projects. There were two main motivating forces behind its setting up in 1992. The first was a shared vision of the potential for ICTs to be used as a tool to combat social exclusion. The second was a feminist commitment to redressing the inequalities and underrepresentation of women in computing. Both these perspectives formed an important backdrop to the growth and development of the organisation and have continued to inform its strategic plans.

scholarly journals The Impact of Soft-Skills Training for Entrepreneurs in Jamaica

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Ubfal ◽  
Irani Arraiz ◽  
Diether W. Beuermann ◽  
Michael Frese ◽  
Alessandro Maffioli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
The Impact

Role of gender and corporate risk taking

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dene Hurley ◽  
Amod Choudhary
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Chief Financial Officers ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Equity Ratio ◽  
Glass Cliff ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the role of chief financial officers’ (CFOs’) gender in financial risk taking of 58 US companies along with the impact of having women board members. Design/methodology/approach Using a panel data of 58 selected S&P 500 companies during the period 2012-2016, this paper determines whether the gender of CFOs and having women board members play a role in risk-taking behavior of firms. Findings Firms led by female CFOs are smaller in size with lower net income and net revenue. The panel data analysis shows that the impact of female CFOs on firms’ financial risk is mixed, depending on risk measures used, whereas increasing female board members reduces that risk. Research limitations/implications The data used is limited to 58 S&P 500 companies, and two of the three risk-taking measures used in the study, specifically investment in property, plant and equipment (PPE) and debt/equity ratio, may not be applicable to some industries. Practical implications The findings provide mixed evidence of risk aversion by females in executive and leadership positions, depending on the measures used and the management responsibilities they undertake (CFO versus board member) with support for the glass cliff phenomenon in which females may be leading financially precarious organizations. Social implications Female CFOs are found to be leading relatively smaller and financially poor-performing firms compared with the male CFO-led firms, thereby giving support to the glass cliff arguments. Originality/value The paper examines the role of CFOs’ gender and board diversity in risk taking as measured by the investment in PPE, debt/equity ratio and stock return volatility.

scholarly journals Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment in Germany – The Last Five Decades

2009 ◽  
Vol 229 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Heineck ◽  
Regina T. Riphahn
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Child Outcomes ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Parental Background ◽  
School Attainment ◽  
The Impact

SummaryOver the last decades the German education system underwent numerous reforms in order to improve “equality of opportunity”, i.e. to guarantee all pupils independent of parental background equal access to higher education. At the same time internationally comparative evidence yields that Germany features particularly low intergenerational mobility with respect to educational attainment. This study investigates the development in intergenerational education mobility in Germany for the birth cohorts 1929 through 1978 with respect to secondary school attainment. We test whether the impact of parental educational background on child educational outcomes changed over time. In spite of massive public policy interventions and education reforms our results yield no significant reduction in the role of parental educational background for child outcomes over the last decades.

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