Eliminating shyness through co-curricular activities towards enhancing the career development of engineering students

Zakaria, Normah; Masduki, Masadliahani; Ismail, Nur Nadiah

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1049/1/012057

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“…M e a n w h i l e , Bhattacharyya and Zainal (2015) Graduates also need to be involved in team discussions in which they must ask questions to clarify matters or issues which are unclear. Graduates must have the confidence to ask questions and engage actively in team discussions to develop their generic skills (Zakaria et al, 2018).…”

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Fulfilling the Demand for Workplace Communication Skills in the Civil Engineering Industry

Masduki¹,

Zakaria²

2020

JSSH

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Human resources today must be nurtured with the skills needed at the workplace in preparation for future challenges. Many engineering graduates nowadays are facing difficulties in adapting themselves to the workplace. They are highly dependent on academic qualifications and underestimate the need for skilled workers who are not only technically proficient but have high competencies of soft skills, especially communication skills. The ability of graduates to communicate effectively can have a significant impact on their career development. Therefore, technical graduates need to equip themselves with knowledge of their future workplace’s communication needs. The objective of this study is to qualitatively explore the elements of communication skills demanded at the civil engineering workplace. Five participants consisting of experts from academia and industries were involved in semi-structured interviews. Data were hand-transcribed and analysed. Four themes emerged from the data and identified as oral communication, written communication, interpersonal communication, and visual communication. Thirty-four sub-themes appeared from the analysis and have been discussed accordingly.

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Section: Oral Communicationmentioning

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Fulfilling the Demand for Workplace Communication Skills in the Civil Engineering Industry

Masduki¹,

Zakaria²

2020

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“…Engineering students must be very effective in the world of work, so, they need to prepare themselves with the skills needed by today's industrial market. Still, previous research found that engineering graduates are lacking in social and communication skills as demanded by the employer [20]. Shyness among students causes negative impacts on their career growth.…”

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Shy Engineers? Strategies to Eliminate Shyness and Enhance Engineering Students’ Career Development

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IJITEE

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Shyness is a universal problem that happens among students, including engineering students. Shy students have a high introverted trait and they are more suitable to choose a non-social career. However, the career as an engineer requires someone to possess skills and becomes highly competent, besides not shy to communicate and deal with various social situations. This made engineering graduates unemployed and contributed to the unemployment rate of the country. This article discusses the shyness problem and its relevance to the engineering students’ career development. The strategies to eliminate shyness are deliberated in brief based on previous studies. Then, the strategies to eliminate shyness are discussed concerning the engineering students’ career development

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“…Several studies have focused on investigating undergraduate engineering students' co-curricular experiences and their effects [3][4][5]. Most of the literature has indicated that engineering students would benefit from co-curricular activities that included professional skill development (e.g., leadership, critical thinking, communication) and broadened students' career choices [6,7]. A research focus on engineering identity and its development as an important issue receives increasing attention in higher education [8][9].…”

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From Engineering Students to Student Engineers: Reflections, Identity, and Positioning in Co-curricular Activities

Liu,

Olewnik

2023 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Eliminating shyness through co-curricular activities towards enhancing the career development of engineering students

Cited by 5 publications

References 33 publications

Fulfilling the Demand for Workplace Communication Skills in the Civil Engineering Industry

Fulfilling the Demand for Workplace Communication Skills in the Civil Engineering Industry

Shy Engineers? Strategies to Eliminate Shyness and Enhance Engineering Students’ Career Development

From Engineering Students to Student Engineers: Reflections, Identity, and Positioning in Co-curricular Activities

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