Michael Yao-Ping Peng
ABSTRACT
Higher education policy and manpower training fail to meet the requirement of rapidly-changing society and employers' expectation in Taiwan, resulting in the great gap between university education and employment. Based on social cognitive career theory, this study aims to explore the relationships among transformational leadership, self-efficacy, problem-based learning and student employability in higher education institutions (HEIs). In terms of analyzing a total sample of 619 undergraduates from 12 Taiwanese HEIs by using structural equation model (SEM), the results show that the influences of transformational leadership, self-efficacy, and problem-based learning on student employability are statistically positive significant, and problem-based learning and self-efficacy play key mediators between transformational leadership and student employability. Based on the findings, specific suggestions and managerial implications for HEIs, curriculum and instruction planning, and future research are provided.
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- The Impact of Professors' Transformational Leadership on University Students' Employability Development based on Social Cognitive Career Theory
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