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Employability Skills of Management Graduates: The Comparative Status of SC/ST Students in Andhra Pradesh


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1 Professor and Head, MITS School of Business, Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Sciences, Madanapalle - 517 325, Andhra Pradesh, India
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa - 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
3 Research Scholar, Department of Business Management, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa - 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
     

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The current research was concerned with the employability skills of SC/ST students in comparison with other students of various colleges in Andhra Pradesh. For the purpose, 200 MBA students were selected as sample by using multistage random sampling and data were collected with the help of a structured questionnaire. The statistical techniques, that is, descriptive statistics and independent sample t-test were carried out for the analysis, and interpretation of the data were done through SPSS package. The study revealed that SC/ST management graduates were way behind the other students in almost all employability skill components such as personal qualities, communication skills, team leading, technical skills, higher-order thinking, planning and time management, and analytical skills. It was proposed that the departments and the ministry exclusively meant for providing training to the SC/ST students should function actively. The governments should monitor the activities, budget spending, and the progress of the SC/ST students periodically to address this issue.

Keywords

Employability Skills, SC/ST Students, Other Students, Comparison.

JEL Classification: J6, I21, I23, I25, J21, J24, P50.

Paper Submission Date: June 12, 2018; Paper Sent Back For Revision: February 13, 2019; Paper Acceptance Date: February 20, 2019.

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D. Pradeep Kumar
Professor and Head, MITS School of Business, Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Sciences, Madanapalle - 517 325, Andhra Pradesh, India
Y. Subbarayudu
Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa - 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
E. Nagaraju
Research Scholar, Department of Business Management, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa - 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract


The current research was concerned with the employability skills of SC/ST students in comparison with other students of various colleges in Andhra Pradesh. For the purpose, 200 MBA students were selected as sample by using multistage random sampling and data were collected with the help of a structured questionnaire. The statistical techniques, that is, descriptive statistics and independent sample t-test were carried out for the analysis, and interpretation of the data were done through SPSS package. The study revealed that SC/ST management graduates were way behind the other students in almost all employability skill components such as personal qualities, communication skills, team leading, technical skills, higher-order thinking, planning and time management, and analytical skills. It was proposed that the departments and the ministry exclusively meant for providing training to the SC/ST students should function actively. The governments should monitor the activities, budget spending, and the progress of the SC/ST students periodically to address this issue.

Keywords


Employability Skills, SC/ST Students, Other Students, Comparison.

JEL Classification: J6, I21, I23, I25, J21, J24, P50.

Paper Submission Date: June 12, 2018; Paper Sent Back For Revision: February 13, 2019; Paper Acceptance Date: February 20, 2019.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.17010/pijom%2F2019%2Fv12i3%2F142340