From Employment to Employability: Uzbekistan and the Higher Education Skills Agenda

Paterson, Richard

doi:10.16997/srjed.2

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“…Robles (2012) argued that power skills should simultaneously include both hard skills and soft skills. However, Paterson (2019) suggested that the term power skill is more appropriate than soft skill. Sreehari (2021) agreed with this argument and further argued that the power skills include teamwork, personal accountability, self-awareness, critical thinking, cross-cultural communication and emotional intelligence.…”

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Developing an assessment framework of smartized upscale hotel workforce employability from the practitioners' perspective

Fang,

Liou

2024

JHTI

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PurposeWorkforce insufficiencies can impair firms' competitiveness in the hospitality industry. The problem of finding suitably trained employees has been aggravated by changes in consumer preferences, and the development of advanced technologies has led to the ‘smartization’ of upscale hotels. The consequent updating of business models means that decisive indicators of worker competence and employability are different from those applied previously. Thus, the aim of this study is to develop an indicator framework for assessing workforce employability with consideration of competence with artificial intelligence (AI) applications.Design/methodology/approachThe initial indicators for the framework are obtained based on an intensive review of the relevant literature and roundtable meetings with academics and practitioners. The Delphi method is used to collect the data, and a hybrid fuzzy approach, which combines the modified Z-number and modified trapezoidal fuzzy number set techniques, is applied to quantify the information originating from the experts’ judgments. The interquartile range approach is applied to optimize the validity of the indicators.FindingsThe assessment framework is applied to evaluate workforce employability at an upscale hotel from the perspective of hotel executives. The capability of the workforce for the adoption of advanced technologies, including familiarity with AI, are considered.Originality/valueThe contributions of this research involve the identification of an updated list of determinants for the evaluation of workforce employability for hotels in today’s world, highlighting the value of AI applications to help ameliorate labor shortage problems. The results should benefit practitioners, allowing them to improve the efficiency of their operations, services and management practices, leading to sustainability and competitiveness in the upscale hotel industry.

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Developing an assessment framework of smartized upscale hotel workforce employability from the practitioners' perspective

Fang,

Liou

2024

JHTI

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“…Additionally, the state's commitment in managing employment and employability issues is evident through various policy initiatives (Paterson, 2019). These initiatives emphasize the creation of an enabling environment for graduate employability.…”

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Graduate Employability in Malaysia: Unpacking the Concept, Policy and Practices

Moo,

Wan

2023

IJES

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This paper examined the issue of graduate employability in Malaysia by exploring its theoretical underpinnings, defining key concepts, analysing the levels of employability, and investigating the underlying socio-political-economic aspects of the issue. Other than the Malaysian context, the study also drew insights from international perspectives on the employed theoretical framework, comprising the theories of job market signalling, human capital, and neoliberalism, in order to provide a comprehensive understanding of graduate employability. Then, the study highlights the distinction between employability and employment, while emphasizing the long-term ability of graduates to obtain jobs aligned with their skill sets. It critically analysed the current Graduate Tracer Study (GTS) framework in Malaysia, which primarily focuses on employment status and unable to capture the broader concept of employability, particularly long-term employability. Suggestions were put forward to expand the GTS framework by including industrial insights, addressing the horizontal mismatch of employment and long-term employability. Socio-political-economic issues related to graduate employability, such as minimum wages, income inequalities, and gig work arrangements, were also examined. This was followed by the discussions on the role of the state governments in managing employment and employability issues, along with policy initiatives that are aimed at enhancing job quality and long-term employability. Overall, this paper presents a way forward for improving graduate employability in Malaysia. From the perspective of socio-political-economics, this paper has highlighted the challenges faced by gig workers, including job security and unstable income. In line with these, necessary recommendations were proposed, including graduates' learning skills development, the expansion of existing employability programs, the enhancement of the GTS, improvements in the gig-worker sector, collaboration between academia and industries, as well as promotions of entrepreneurship and innovation.

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Employment of master’s degree graduates in Kazakhstan: navigating an uncertain labour market

Jonbekova

Kuchumova

Goodman

et al. 2022

Central Asian Survey

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From Employment to Employability: Uzbekistan and the Higher Education Skills Agenda

Cited by 4 publications

References 51 publications

Developing an assessment framework of smartized upscale hotel workforce employability from the practitioners' perspective

Developing an assessment framework of smartized upscale hotel workforce employability from the practitioners' perspective

Graduate Employability in Malaysia: Unpacking the Concept, Policy and Practices

Employment of master’s degree graduates in Kazakhstan: navigating an uncertain labour market

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