期刊名称：Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development
印刷版ISSN：2222-2855
电子版ISSN：2222-2855
出版年度：2014
卷号：5
期号：11
页码：168-173
语种：English
出版社：The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
摘要：The purpose of this study was to determine the significance factors that influence unemployment among graduates in Malaysia. The variables consists job mismatch, English proficiency and employability skills are stated as independent variables for this study. The respondents were 150 employers and workers in Malaysia. The finding showed that job mismatch, English proficiency and employability skills have influence on unemployment among graduates in Malaysia. All variables show positive relationship towards the unemployment among graduates. This study refers to primary data and also secondary data for supporting the sampling technique. Meanwhile, the researcher use questionnaire as the method to collect all the data from sample respondents in accomplishing the research objectives. While the data for this study was analyzed using multiple statistical procedures: mean point value, standard deviation, and correlation analysis. The result of the study presented in this research agrees that job mismatch; English proficiency and employability skills influenced unemployment among graduates. This study can be seen as a foreword to a more detailed study to be carrying by future research on the issue of unemployment among graduates in Malaysia.
