The influence of psychological capital on graduates’ perception of employability
The mediating role of employability skills
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21556497 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juan-Carlos Ayala-Calvo (0000-0002-0883-2149, Department of Economics and Business, La Rioja University, Logroño, Spain, corresponding author), Guadalupe Manzano García (0000-0003-4546-0513, Department of Sciences Education, La Rioja University, Logroño, Spain) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 293-308 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Higher Education Research & Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0729-4360 • E-ISSN: 1469-8366 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07294360.2020.1738350 |
| OpenAlex | W3013521935 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 24 |
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
Employability · Medical education · Pedagogy · Perception · Positive psychological capital · Psychological intervention · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Higher Education and Employability · Human Resource and Talent Management · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |