Self-perceived employability of university students: Connection with current labour market situation and some personality dispositions

Mazalin, Kristina. (2014). Self-perceived employability of university students: Connection with current labour market situation and some personality dispositions. Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Psychology. [mentor Parmač Kovačić, Maja].

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate self-perceived employability of university students in relation to objective employability and personality dispositions. Objective employability was defined in terms of current trends in the labour market – highly employable and less employable groups of faculty studies were defined. Assessed personality dispositions include the core self-evaluations (CSES), locus of control (Rotter’s LOCS), positive and negative affect (PANAS). Self-perceived employability was measured with ‘Self-perceived employability scale for university students’ (Rothwell et al. 2008). This study’s sample included a total of 230 students at the University of Zagreb. General findings suggest that students from currently more employable faculty studies perceive higher levels of employability. Significant correlations with self-perceived employability were found for all individual personality disposition variables, except for locus of control. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that objective employability accounted for the highest percentage of explained variance of self-perceived employability, whereas the core self-evaluations disposition showed significant unique contribution to variance of self-perceived employability.

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