Estimating the Effects of Work Attitudes Toward Graduate Unemployment: The Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia

This thesis aimed to study the work attitude factors of graduates and their effects to graduate employment. This thesis uses a sample of 441 graduates of Universiti Utara Malaysia who are graduated with various types of degree on year 2010. In this study, it is found that the work attitudes of gradu...

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Main Author:	Zahirah, Mohamad
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Language:	eng
Published:	2011
Subjects:	HD4801-8943 Labor Work Working Class
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description	This thesis aimed to study the work attitude factors of graduates and their effects to graduate employment. This thesis uses a sample of 441 graduates of Universiti Utara Malaysia who are graduated with various types of degree on year 2010. In this study, it is found that the work attitudes of graduates are crucial factors on their employment status. Results of estimated Ordinal Logit Regression Model also reveal that the work attitudes of it is dependency to government for provide jobs for the university graduates, willing to work in other requires frequent travel, willing to work with job that does not commensurate with university qualification and willing to be entrepreneur, have significant influences on graduate employment in Malaysia. In particular, the right work attitude gives positive effect on employment status. The policy implications such as policy to educate graduate to be more independent on their job search, are also presented in this thesis.
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title	Estimating the Effects of Work Attitudes Toward Graduate Unemployment: The Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia
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title_full	Estimating the Effects of Work Attitudes Toward Graduate Unemployment: The Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia
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Results of estimated Ordinal Logit Regression Model also reveal that the work attitudes of it is dependency to government for provide jobs for the university graduates, willing to work in other requires frequent travel, willing to work with job that does not commensurate with university qualification and willing to be entrepreneur, have significant influences on graduate employment in Malaysia. In particular, the right work attitude gives positive effect on employment status. The policy implications such as policy to educate graduate to be more independent on their job search, are also presented in this thesis. 2011 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/3702/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/3702/1/s806336.pdf text eng validuser masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Ab. Aziz Yusof & Zakaria Yusof. (2004). Prinsip keusahawanan. (2nd ed.). Petaling Jaya: Prentice Hall Pearson Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Abdul Rahman Aziz. (2000). Pekerjaan dalam kehidupan Malaysia. Petaling Jaya: Prentice Hall. Anitha, S. 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