EXPLORING ENGINEERING EMPLOYABILITY COMPETENCIES THROUGH INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND ENTERPRISE SKILLS

摘要

The objectives of this study are to assess whether the lack of interpersonal and enterprise skills competencies cause unemployment amongst engineering graduates in Malaysia. Critically appraise if engineering undergraduates have received a quality work placement (appropriate to their learning, knowledge and employability skills) and to devise and validate solutions to enhance interpersonal and enterprise skills competencies amongst final year engineering undergraduates from government public and private universities in Malaysia. This research employed quantitative survey methods, and in the future will use qualitative techniques. The samples utilized in this study are Malaysian engineering undergraduates. A stratified random sampling procedure was used to ensure that this research has proportional representation of population subgroups (i.e., gender, race, nationality, family background etc). The population was final year engineering undergraduates and the sample size is 300 undergraduates. The Instrument The instrument used in this study was a compilation of a questionnaire and an interview that specially constructed for the purpose of this study to measure the 2 main variables, i.e.: interpersonal skill, and enterprise skills competency amongst undergraduate engineers.