scholarly journals The Relationship between Soft Skills, Self-Efficacy, and Career Development among Malaysian Generation Z

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4S) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asyraf Che Amat ◽  
Haziq Talhah
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Working People ◽  
Development Assessment ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Relationship

Generation Z is the new generation that is entering the workforce in Malaysia. This generation will be the new major working people in Malaysia, which makes their career development an important topic. From the literature review, it was shown through many studies that Generation Z is aware of soft skills but lacks the practice of the said skills. However, they have remarkably high self-efficacy. Both soft skills and self-efficacy might influence Generation Z’s career development. This leads to the aim of this study on identifying the relationship between soft skills, self-efficacy, and career development among Generation Z in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. This study involved a total of 384 Generation Z in Shah Alam. This research employed a quantitative correlational and descriptive research design. Soft Skill Questionnaire was used to identify the respondents’ equipped soft skills and which soft skills they deemed important. Meanwhile, the self-efficacy variable was measured by using the General Self-Efficacy Scale. Lastly, career development was assessed using Career Development Assessment. Correlation analysis was used to test the relationship of variables involved. The results of the study showed that there was a relationship between soft skills, self-efficacy, and career development among Generation Z in Shah Alam. This study has implications for career counselling, counsellors, and Generation Z. Both soft skills and self-efficacy have influence on Generation Z’s career development massively.

scholarly journals Relationship between Career Decision, Self Efficacy and Vocational Identity among UiTM Shah Alam Generation Z

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4S) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Hairul Fazzlinyana Mohd Harris ◽  
Asmah Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Vocational Identity ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Relationship

The concept of career decision self-efficacy has been a topic of discussion for a long time and remains an important concept up to this day. Career counselling is effective in helping students in their career development. The current study examined the relationship between career decision self-efficacy and vocational identity. We followed the expectations of the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) and hypothesized that there is a significant relationship between career decision self-efficacy and vocational identity. We also studied the differences between genders on the two variables and the effect of career decision self-efficacy on vocational identity. The sample of the study comprised of 243 Generation Z participants from UiTM Shah Alam. The finding shows that there are no differences between genders on the career decision self-efficacy and female and vocational identity and female, which finding is in contrast to previous findings. The result of the study also shows that there is a significant relationship between career decision self-efficacy and vocational identity. The last finding shows a statistically significant result where career decision self-efficacy contributes significantly to vocational identity and career decision-making self-efficacy explains 13 % of the variance in Vocational Identity. Therefore, this research provides information that can help to enhance students in the context of career counselling.

scholarly journals Peran Teknologi untuk Pengembangan Karir Sekretaris

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
Rosidah Rosidah ◽  
Tina Arantika
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Technology Skills ◽  
Office Work ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Technology Assistance

Pekerjaan Sekretaris dalam kantor membutuhkan media teknologi informasi. Dengan menggunakan bantuan  teknologi  tersebut pekerjaan  kantor dapat efisien dan efektif. Hal tersebut menjadikan  kerja sekretaris lebih produktif.  Karir sekretaris dapat dibangun melalui peningkatakn ketrampilan  teknologi informasi maupun pengembangan soft skill. Perpaduan tersebut  akan lebih mengeksiskan peran sekretaris  dalam memberikan kontribusinya pada kemajuan pimpinan maupun  perusahaan. Dalam tulisan  ini akan dikupas hal-hal penting kemampuan teknologi informasi bagi sekretaris serta kiat mengembangkan karir sekretaris Kata kunci: Teknologi Informasi,  Sekretaris, Karir Sekretaris  Abstract: Role of Technology for Secretary Career Development. Secretary's work in the office requires information technology media. By using technology assistance, office work can be efficient and effective. This makes the work of the secretary more productive. Secretarial careers can be built through enhancing information technology skills and developing soft skills. This combination will further exert the role of secretary in contributing to the progress of the leadership and the company. In this paper, important information technology capabilities for secretaries and tips on developing a career for the secretary will be discussed. Keyword: Information Technology, Secretary, Career Secretary

Proactive Personality As a Moderator Between Work Stress and Employees' Internal Growth

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Zhao ◽  
Mi Zhou ◽  
Qian Liu ◽  
Hua Kang
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Chinese Mainland ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
The Self ◽  
Career Growth ◽  
The Chinese Mainland ◽  
The Relationship

We introduced and interpreted stress-related growth from the perspective of individual career development, to examine the relationship between work stress and self-efficacy, which is an indicator of internal career growth. We explored why some employees achieve selfdevelopment and growth in their career under stress but others do not. We used a 2-wave longitudinal design with engineers and accountants (202 valid samples) from the Chinese mainland. Results indicated that proactive personality had a significant moderating effect on the relationship between work stress and self-efficacy. Specifically, work stress increased the self-efficacy of highly proactive employees but decreased that of less proactive employees. This suggests that managers can moderately increase the work stress of employees with a highly proactive personality to promote their internal career growth.

scholarly journals The Role of Self-Efficacy for Satisfaction with Career Counselling and Goal Attainment Among Career Counsellors Working at Schools

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 141-155
Author(s):  
Jurgita Lazauskaitė-Zabielskė ◽  
Birutė Pociūtė ◽  
Laima Bulotaitė
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Consulting Services ◽  
School Counsellors ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
The Relationship

Career counsellors working at schools are expected to promote students’ social, emotional, academic, and career development (Lindwall & Coleman, 2008). Despite the importance of career counselling at school (Anctil, Smith, Schenck, & Dahir, 2012; Osborn & Baggerly, 2004), school counsellors face barriers to implementing career counselling, including limited time because of competing demands, negative perceptions about career counselling from parents, teachers, and administration, and low school counsellor self-efficacy (Sanders, Welfare, & Culver, 2017). Considering the importance of career counselling and challenging working conditions, studies usually focus on individual antecedents of effective career counselling (Sawyer et al., 2013). Existing research reveals that self-efficacious consultants provide higher-quality career consulting services to various groups of employees (Bodenhorn & Skaggs, 2005; Larson & Daniels, 1998), are more satisfied with their job and experience less stress (Lent & Hackett, 1987). According to Larson and Daniels (1998), self-efficacy is the essential factor of successful career counselling. However, existing studies do not disclose the mechanism of why career consultants with higher self-efficacy perform consulting activities better. Therefore, this study is aimed to analyse the role of self-efficacy in the relationship between job resources (opportunity to develop and feedback), satisfaction with career counselling and goal attainment among career counsellors working at schools. The study was part of the project “Strategies to Utilise and Cultivate Positive Characteristics & Employability Skills in Schools” (SUCCESS, 2017-12-LT01-KA201-035247). In total, 246 school career counsellors from Lithuania, Italy, Ireland, and Greece were surveyed online. Most of the participants (88.6 percent) were female, and their age varied between 25 and 60 years. In all countries, the professional experience of career counselling varied between 1 and more than 10 years.The results of the study revealed the importance of self-efficacy for satisfaction with career counselling and goal attainment. Self-efficacy moderated the relationship between the opportunity for development and feedback and satisfaction with career counselling, i. e. the opportunity for development and feedback and satisfaction predicted satisfaction with career counselling only when self-efficacy was high. Furthermore, the opportunity for development and feedback were indirectly related to goal attainment through satisfaction with career counselling only when self-efficacy was high. In other words, job resources are more important and better used by those career counsellors who rely on their abilities, can remain calm when facing difficulties in their job and find solutions when confronted with a problem. The limitations of the study together with practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION AND STUDENT PROFILES IN A GEN Z UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Andry Manodotua Panjaitan ◽  
Agustina Christiani ◽  
Natalia Hartono ◽  
Evanglin Millenia Lumempow
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
P Value ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Student Activities ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Student Profiles ◽  
And Gender ◽  
New Student

<p>Human resources are an important factor in the industrial world because they help innovate, create, and lead (soft skills). The industrial sector in the future will be dominated by Generation Z individuals, most of whom are currently university students. Therefore, it is very important for students to develop their soft skills. One way for students to develop soft skills is by participating in student activities. Based on research conducted at Universitas Pelita Harapan, results show that 22% of students are not actively participating in student activities. The aim of this research was to find and analyze the correlation between student profiles, namely the student's home faculty/academic major, class, and gender, with inactive participation in student activities. This study also analyzes the reasons for and considerations of student inactivity based on the characteristics of Generation Z and provides suggestions for student activities desired by students. Data was collected using a questionnaire filled out by 1214 respondents and interviews, then processed using SPSS software version 25.  The results of the data processing show that there is a correlation between student profiles, namely faculty/academic major and class, with the inactivity of students participating in student activities (p-value &lt;0.05) and there is not a sufficient correlation between gender and student inactivity in student activities (p-value &gt; 0.05). <span>There are several reasons and considerations that cause students not to actively participate in student activities which are then used as suggestions for new student activities.</span></p><p><strong>BAHASA INDONESIA ABSTRACT: </strong>Sumber Daya Manusia merupakan salah satu aset penting dalam dunia Industri karena memiliki kemampuan untuk berinovasi, berkreasi dan memimpin (soft skill). Angkatan kerja pada era industri ini akan diisi oleh para individu generasi Z, sebagian besar adalah mahasiswa perguruan tinggi. Oleh sebab itu sangat penting bagi mahasiswa untuk mengembangkan softskill mereka. Salah satu cara mengembangkan softskill pada mahasiswa adalah dengan mengikuti kegiatan kemahasiswaan. Berdasarkan penelitian yang dilakukan di Universitas Pelita Harapan, diketahui bahwa terdapat 22% mahasiswa yang tidak aktif mengikuti kegiatan kemahasiswaan. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Universitas Pelita Harapan, dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis hubungan antara profil mahasiswa, yaitu fakultas asal mahasiswa, angkatan, dan jenis kelamin dengan ketidakaktifan dalam mengikuti kegiatan kemahasiswaan. Lalu, untuk menganalisis alasan dan pertimbangan ketidakaktifan mahasiswa dihubungkan dengan karakteristik generasi Z berdasarkan teori yang ada, serta memberikan usulan dan saran kegiatan kemahasiswaan bagi UPH. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan kuesioner dan wawancara, kemudian diolah dengan software SPSS. Hasil pengolahan data menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara profil mahasiswa yaitu fakultas dan angkatan dengan ketidakaktifan mahasiswa dalam mengikuti kegiatan kemahasiswaan (p-value &lt;0,05) dan tidak terdapat hubungan antara jenis kelamin dengan ketidakaktifan mahasiswa dalam mengikuti kegiatan kemahasiswaan (p-value &gt;0,05). Terdapat beberapa alasan dan pertimbanagan yang menyebabkan mahasiswa tidak aktif mengikuti kegiatan kemahasiswaan. Setelah itu, usulan dan saran dapat dilakukan analisis lebih lanjut mengenai jenis kegiatan yang paling sesuai untuk dilaksanakan, berdasarkan profil mahasiswa yang berbeda-beda.</p>

scholarly journals Pengaruh Hospitality Pendekatan Soft Skill Karyawan Terhadap Peningkatan Kualitas Pelayanan Hotel di Kota Makassar dan Pare-Pare, Sulawesi Selatan

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-52
Author(s):  
Hamsiati Hamsiati
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Descriptive Data ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
A Value ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to analyze the relationship of employee hospitality with soft skills in intrapersonal, intrapersonal, attitudes and behaviors related to improving the quality of hotel services in Makassar City and Parepare; and analyze the application of hospitality with gentle expertise, which is dominant in improving the quality of hotel services in the cities of Makassar and Parepare. This research is a quantitative descriptive study describing factual conditions with data collected from questionnaires through a direct collection of objects and interviews. The study population was hotel employees in the Food and Beverage Service (F&B) section, and a sample of 38 respondents based on purposive sampling techniques. Descriptive data analysis through frequency and percentage, and statistical analysis using Multiple Linear Regression. The findings of this study are the hospitality of employees with intrapersonal, interpersonal, soft skills and attitudes that have been applied by employees and have a positive and significant influence both simultaneously and partially on improving the quality of hotel services in Makassar City and Parepare. The results of the analysis also showed that all variables collected consisted of intrapersonal, interpersonal, attitudes and significant behaviors based on the value of tcount> ttable, and were found to be related to the hospitality obtained by soft skills consisting of attitudes (X3) which were dominant in Makassar and Parepare. A value of 0.862, which shows the same way as a hotel, is hospitality that refers to soft skills, which determine the quality of hotel services in Makassar City and Parepare.

The relationship between locus of control and hope in adolescents: The mediating role of career and talent development self-efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
Mehmet Emin Turan
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Talent Development ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship

Adolescence is a period that plays a crucial role in career development. Understanding the psychological structures associated with a career can help to better understand adolescents’ career development. The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of career and talent development self-efficacy in the relationship between adolescents’ locus of control and the construct of children’s hope. The study group was composed of 354 adolescents including 170 females and 184 males. The mean age of participants was 14.3 years. Structural equation modelling was used to investigate the mediating role of career and talent development self-efficacy in the relationship between locus of control and children's hope. It was concluded that career and talent development self-efficacy had a mediating role in the relationship between locus of control and children’s hope. Mental health professionals and educators who carry out locus of control or hope-based interventions are recommended to pay attention to the mediating role of self-efficacy.

scholarly journals MENGIKIS BUDAYA NIKAH SIRI DENGAN SOFT SKILL DAN LIFE SKILL

Wacana Publik ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Nurul Umi Ati
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Lower Middle Class ◽  
Development Models ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The initiation of the RUU Nikah Siri aims to tighten the siri marriage itself, with the hope of minimizing the number of victims, namely the number of women and their children who are victims of "the practice of siri marriage". However, the fact is that there are not a few couples who prefer to carry out unregistered marriages, especially the lower middle class, this is influenced by limited knowledge of the law, the impact it will cause and the high cost of official weddings through the government not to mention the dowry and party fees that must be issued by the bride and groom. In Indonesia, the number of women is greater than men, which eronically, the number of female illiteracy rates is still twice that of men, especially since the development models designed and used do not always pay attention to the relationship between women and men. Therefore strengthening women is very important, through improving the quality of soft skills and life skills based on skills and technology as well as home industry-based skills, it will be an alternative to sustainable economic empowerment as a way out or an alternative method of eroding the culture of siri marriage.

scholarly journals Examining the Digital Nativity Levels of Digital Generations: From Generation X to Generation Z

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-434
Author(s):  
Ahmet Naci Çoklar ◽  
Ali Tatli
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
The Relationship

Adaptation to the digital world is explained by the concept of digital nativity, which includes competencies such as grow up with technology, being comfortable with multitasking, being reliant on graphics for communication, thrive on instant gratifications and rewards. On the other hand, one of the sources of differentiation in digital technologies is the concept of the digital generation (X, Y and Z), which is about the year of birth or age. In this study, the digital nativity levels of digital generations were examined. The participants were 270 people, 90 from each of the X, Y and Z generations. Digital nativity level determination scale was used as a data collection tool. As a result of the research, it was found that the level of digital nativity increases as we move from the X generation to the Z generation. In terms of gender, while males in the X and Y generations have a higher level of digital nativity than females, there was no difference in the Z generation. While having a computer is an important source of differentiation for the X and Y generations, it is not important for the Z generations. Finally, it has been observed that there is a difference in the relationship between digital nativity levels of the X, Y and Z generations and computer self-efficacy, and the duration of computer and internet use.

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