...Iraia Urkia-Basterra; Ainara Imaz Agirre; Paula Alvarez-Huerta Purpose This study explores how extracurricular work experiences relate to the development of soft skills among pre-service teachers. Soft skills such as social competences, communication, flexibility, efficacy beliefs and lifelong...

...Trang Thi Dai Nguyen; Quoc Tai Nguyen; Lien Thi Phuong Le Purpose This study investigates how soft skills shape the employability of fresh graduates in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Drawing on stakeholder theory and signaling theory, this study sets out to investigate...

...Yui-yip Lau; Siu-kam Jamie Lo; Simon Wong Purpose This study intends to examine the effectiveness of developing secondary students’ soft skills and civic awareness via a unique college-led service-learning programmes. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-methods approach incorporates a pre...

...Maurice James Lyver; Howard Royston Lees Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically test whether or not an online business simulation game (OBSG) can enhance key soft skills and self-perceived employability. Design/methodology/approach This research employed a blended learning...

...Alberto Vidal-Vilaplana; María Huertas González-Serrano; Ferran Calabuig-Moreno Purpose To analyse the degree to which elite student athletes acquire different soft skills (resilience, creativity, proactivity and problem solving) and the role they play in their perceived employability. Design...

...José Manuel Sánchez Ramírez; Victoria Iñigo; Beatriz Marcano; Carmen Romero-García Purpose The aim of this work is to evaluate the effectiveness of a training programme for developing employability skills, including digital competency and soft skills (problem-solving, teamwork, adaptability...

...Yu Guo Wang; I Ta Wang Purpose With a focus on undergraduate music major students in China, the study sought to examine how higher music education institutions prepare professional knowledge, professional skills and soft skills in relevance to music students' employability. Design/methodology...

...Abdul Saman; Hillman Wirawan Purpose Soft skills are essential not only for students but also for employees in any workplace. Some factors influence the development of soft skills in high schools. This study investigates the effect of psychological capital (PsyCap) on soft skills through the role...

...Elva Ramos-Monge; Paul Fox; Alvaro Garcia-Piquer Purpose In today's ever-evolving digital job market, soft skills are increasingly important for university students to succeed in their future careers. This study identifies the soft skills that universities should prioritize the most due...

..., their survival. This study attempted to demonstrate in Pakistan’s Higher Educational Institutes (HEIs) the role of soft skills towards the students' career development (CD) and their future career intentions (CI). Design/methodology/approach In this study, the researchers used...

... works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Emotional intelligence Soft skills CareerEDGE...

...Farida Aryani; Hillman Wirawan; Abdul Saman; Sulaiman Samad; Muhammad Jufri Purpose This study aims at investigating the indirect effect of soft skills on career engagement through the role of psychological capital (PsyCap) in different age groups. The social cognitive theory (SCT) and job demands...

...Cameron J. Forrest; Tasman Swanton Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a measure of soft skills suitable for use in a large survey of Australian adolescents. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted with N = 4,704 Australians aged 15–19 over 2 years. Principal...

... 07 2020 24 09 2020 04 11 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Entrepreneurship education Assessment Entrepreneurial competences Transferable competences Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial teaching Soft skills...

... by the University, could greatly support our students' soft skills acquisition and complement their education. Mercedes Mareque is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: chedesmareque@uvigo.es 06 07 2020 24 09 2020 20 10 2020 26 10 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020...

...Konstantinos Tsirkas; Alexandra-Paraskevi Chytiri; Nancy Bouranta Purpose Previous studies have shown that soft skills play a significant role in applicants' employability and in the job search, recruitment, selection and hiring process. However, past research indicates a gap in perceptions...

...Mercedes Mareque; Elena de Prada Creo; Maria Beatriz Gonzalez-Sanchez Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the way leisure activities and soft skills relate to creativity in higher education. It determines which activities have a positive impact on the student body’s overall...

...Diane Nauffal; Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse and explain the high rates of employability of one group of Middle East youth by focussing on liberal arts and soft skills education as an integral part of quality higher education. Design/methodology/approach...

... and quantitative phases of the current study demonstrated that 17 employability factors can be clustered into five higher‐order composite categories. In addition, findings illustrate that, when hiring new graduates, employers place the highest importance on soft‐skills and the lowest importance on academic...