HARD AND SOFT SKILLS AFFECTING THE WORK PERFORMANCE OF GRADUATES
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https://doi.org/10.14456/aamr.2023.10Keywords:
Hard Skills, Soft Skills, Work PerformanceAbstract
The objective of this research was to study the causal variables of hard and soft skills (3Rs8Cs) affecting the work performance of graduates. This study focused on exploring graduates of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang. The population included heads and supervisors of organizations or graduate user agencies, both public and private, of graduates of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang who graduated in the academic year 2018-2020, totalling 5,624 units. From the multiple regression analysis, the results revealed that the hard skills including critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, corporate and entrepreneurial spirit, communications, information and media literacy, computing and ICT literacy, and curiosity and imagination had a statistically significant positive impact on the work performance of graduates. All six hard skills could jointly forecast and explain 72.9 percent of the variations in the work performance of graduates. The results of multiple regression analysis of soft skills including self-awareness, managing emotion, self-regulation, recognizing emotions in others, and social skills had a statistically significant positive impact on the work performance of graduates. All five soft skills could jointly forecast and explain 71.0 percent of the variations in the work performance of graduates.
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