...Natalia Reig-Aleixandre; Monique Villen; Jorge Cisneros-González; Susana Bautista Blasco Purpose The purpose is to examine engineering students’ perceptions of soft skills, focussing on the gap between their self-perceived acquisition and the importance attributed to these skills by employers...

... revealed that all student perceptions of the requirements to be a “fit for purpose” marketer were highly correlated with requirements from the literature, subject benchmarks and practice with few exemptions. Research limitations/implications The findings are based on one institution. Moreover...