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Article: Graduates’ perceptions and employers’ expectations: Essential skills in Hong Kong workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

TitleGraduates’ perceptions and employers’ expectations: Essential skills in Hong Kong workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Authors
KeywordsCOVID-19 pandemic
hard skills
soft skills
transition
university education
Issue Date21-Dec-2023
PublisherSAGE Publications
Citation
Industry and Higher Education, 2023 How to Cite?
Abstract

This paper explores the skills that Hong Kong employers and graduates see as important to have in the workplace as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our data are interviews with 40 employers and 69 graduates in the territory. Using reflexive thematic analysis, our qualitative findings center around four themes. First, we highlight the necessity for graduates to have hard and soft skills when entering Hong Kong workplaces. Second, we reveal the disjuncture that exists regarding the skills that graduates acquire at university and those expected in prospective workplaces. Third, we outline the perceived strength in hard skills possessed by graduates. Fourth, we elucidate the perceived deficit in graduates’ soft skills upon entering the workplace. We discuss the implications of our findings not just for understanding the workplace during the pandemic, but also in post-COVID-19 workplaces.


Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/342044
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.526
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dc.contributor.authorEdmonds, David Matthew-
dc.contributor.authorZayts-Spence, Olga-
dc.contributor.authorFortune, Zoë-
dc.contributor.authorFung, Jaime Sau Ying-
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-26T05:39:16Z-
dc.date.available2024-03-26T05:39:16Z-
dc.date.issued2023-12-21-
dc.identifier.citationIndustry and Higher Education, 2023-
dc.identifier.issn0950-4222-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/342044-
dc.description.abstract<p>This paper explores the skills that Hong Kong employers and graduates see as important to have in the workplace as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our data are interviews with 40 employers and 69 graduates in the territory. Using reflexive thematic analysis, our qualitative findings center around four themes. First, we highlight the necessity for graduates to have hard and soft skills when entering Hong Kong workplaces. Second, we reveal the disjuncture that exists regarding the skills that graduates acquire at university and those expected in prospective workplaces. Third, we outline the perceived strength in hard skills possessed by graduates. Fourth, we elucidate the perceived deficit in graduates’ soft skills upon entering the workplace. We discuss the implications of our findings not just for understanding the workplace during the pandemic, but also in post-COVID-19 workplaces.</p>-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherSAGE Publications-
dc.relation.ispartofIndustry and Higher Education-
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemic-
dc.subjecthard skills-
dc.subjectsoft skills-
dc.subjecttransition-
dc.subjectuniversity education-
dc.titleGraduates’ perceptions and employers’ expectations: Essential skills in Hong Kong workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/09504222231224087-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85180483737-
dc.identifier.eissn2043-6858-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:001128944000001-
dc.identifier.issnl0950-4222-

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