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- Title
Lurking on the Essential Attributes Required in Industrial Revolution 4.0.
- Authors
Mohamad, Mafuzah; Hanafi, Wan Noordiana Wan; Daud, Salina; Toolib, Siti Norhidayah
- Abstract
Purpose: Education market has evolved since the first technological revolution. Emerging technologies affect people's education enormously. Industry 4.0's skills needed have also changed due to technology changes. In addition, there was also considerable debate about graduate characteristics in higher education, defined as graduate attributes. The goal of this study is to define the essential graduate feature that Industry 4.0 needs from graduate perspectives. These graduates' dimensions of attributes and performance are considered in five broad areas, namely knowledge, skills, abilities, emotional quotient, and spiritual quotient. Design/methodology/approach: The data was collected using snowball and quota sampling techniques. The respondents are graduates of selected universities of Malaysia, were asked to address 5-point Likert scale questions. SPSS version 24 and Smart-PLS tools is used for the descriptive and inferential data processing respectively. Findings: The results of this analysis indicate that the R2 value of the model was 0.738 which indicate that the five variables collectively explained 73.8% of the variance in graduate attributes. This study determines that spiritual quotient (0.332) was the most important out of five constructs for graduates. Research limitations/implications: This study provides significant ramifications to both academics and professionals, demonstrating the attribute of value of graduates in venturing facing industry 4.0. Practical implications: It is anticipated that the study findings would support new curriculum programs, by incorporating the following qualities to prepare students with abilities to face complex global challenges.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; INDUSTRIAL revolution; EMOTIONAL intelligence; INDUSTRY 4.0; LIKERT scale; TECHNOLOGICAL revolution
- Publication
Global Business & Management Research, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 4, p567
- ISSN
1947-5667
- Publication type
Article