Thesis (PhD) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Business Administration

With increased need for highly employable graduates in today's global economy, there
has been an uptick in the amount of research that investigates the factors that determine
graduate employability. However, there is still a significant gap to understand the role
of stakeholders' psychological perceptions in this context. The aim of this examines
the psychological perceptions of graduate programs, graduate employability,
interpersonal competencies, and the employability skills and experience required to
produce sector-relevant personnel for banking sector. This quantitative research study
used structural equation modelling (SEM); SEM provides the structure for examining
the relationships between the subject variables. The sample size of this research was
453 students and 33 lecturers who were surveyed, and data sheets from a skills
inventory were given to a random sample of 23 bank human resource managers in
North Lebanon. The findings of this show that Stakeholders' Psychological
Perceptions is significantly and positively associated with Related Employability
Skills and Experience, and Interpersonal Competencies, while insignificant negative
link is established with Graduate Program. The research also found that Graduate
Programs are influenced significantly by Related Employability Skills and Experience,
but insignificantly by Interpersonal Competencies. Related Employability Skills and
Experience, and Interpersonal Competencies both insignificantly impact Graduate
Employability, but it is significantly impacted by Graduate Programs. In addition,
moderating effects, the indirect effects study showed that the correlations between
Stakeholders' Psychological Perceptions and Graduate Employability, moderated by
Employability Skills and Experience, Interpersonal Competencies, and Graduate
Program., were all determined to be non-significant. This was the case regardless of
whatever moderator was used. The results of this study contributed to significantly.
These insights are very valuable to a wide range of stakeholders. Educational
institutions my now redesign curricula by integrating technical skills and interpersonal
competences to satisfy the expectations of stakeholders. Policymakers may utilize
these results to develop measures for increasing the relevance of educational
programs and promoting a mutually beneficial connection between academics and
business. Industry experts obtain in-depth knowledge of the elements that influence
graduates' employability, allowing for effective partnership with educational
institutions.