Psychological and Sociodemographic Characteristics and the Level of Development of Employability Skills
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Essential Skills, Employability, Psychological Types, Sociodemographic ProfileAbstract
This research analyzed some psychological and sociodemographic characteristics of Accounting students and their relationship with the level of development of essential skills for employability. Data were collected through electronic questionnaires, involving 299 undergraduate students from two educational institutions in Rio de Janeiro. The analysis of psychological characteristics was based on Jung's theory of psychological types, considering the dimension of the types with Extroversion/Introversion and the functions with Thinking/Feeling and Sensation/Intuition. For the analysis of the sociodemographic profile, the measures of Qualification, Income, Gender, Age and Teaching Modality were considered. To measure development, the study was based on the students' perception based on the most demanded skills cited in the literature. Multiple regression and factorial ANOVA models were used for the analysis. The results showed that: (i) there is a predominance of the Introverted-Thinking-Sensing type, (ii) some of the students' characteristics influence the level of skill development, and (iii) some levels of factors (qualification, modality, income and age) can simultaneously contribute to achieving better student performance. The findings bring relevant contributions, since, based on knowledge of student characteristics, institutions will be able to improve their strategy for teaching planning and encouraging students to develop essential skills, encouraging them to better develop classroom activities and foster theoretical discussions, which can help reduce dropout rates and improve employability.
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