A Study on Factors Affecting Employability Skills of Management Students

Abstract

Enhancing employability skills is considered as a crucial task within any management institutes in Gujarat. Employers’ needs and also the learners’ skill enhancement capabilities should be taken into account in formulating future skills assessments. As the market expectations of employers are different than what the skills are possessed by graduates so the study was conducted with the objective of identifying the factors which are affecting the management graduate employability skills from the city Ahmedabad (Gujarat, India). An incidental non probabilistic sample of 160 management graduates from a group of assorted organizations was identified. Employability Questionnaire was developed and administered. Four independent Factors have been identified to make a significant impact on employability skills of management graduates. These are Analytical Skills and Self-Understanding, General Management and work Culture, Leadership and Problem solving Ability and Communication. So this study concludes that institutes should work on the path of developing above factors of graduates that will best serve the future market.