Behavioural skills construct and effecting on employability competence for undergraduate students: A conceptual framework
List of Authors
  • Abdelnaser Omran , Emhamed Salem Ahmed-Moftah

Keyword
  • finance and banking, Behavioural Skills, Employability Competence, Undergraduate Students, Libya

Abstract
  • This paper attempts to examine the effects of behavioural skills on the employability competence of Libyan university students. This study aims to develop a practical model for the employability competency of finance and banking graduate students in Libyan universities. The focus of the study will be based on three large selected public universities located in three different regions in Libya: each university will represent each of the three regions (South, East, and West) in Libya. This study conducts a conceptual framework using a list of 48 items, starting with behavioural skills with students' perceptions concerning the set of personal skills and interpersonal skills required from finance and banking graduates to pursue a career in the finance and banking profession and lastly employability competency required in the workplace. This study collected data from 450 finance and banking students in three universities in Libya. The behavioural skills will be assessed reflectively by way of a multi-dimensional scale which is inclusive of personal skills and interpersonal skills dimensions. This study makes a significant theoretical and methodological contribution to both the students, universities and behavioural literature, as it examines an interesting subject that has not yet been investigated in the Libyan context by assessing behavioural skills as an integrated reflective high-order construct and by examining the overall behavioural skills on their employability competence.

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