El-sayed, Ranım <br/><br/>
IS BANKING AND FINANCE EDUCATION PRODUCING SECTOR-RELEV ANT PERSONNEL? STAKEHOLDERS' PSYCHOLOGICAL PERCEPTIONS TOWARD EMPLOYMENT / 
RANIM EL- SAYED ; SUPERVISOR, ASSOC. PROF. DR. HALE ÖZDOĞAÇ ÖZGİT 
 - 171 sheets ;  30 cm  +1 CD ROM 
<br/><br/>Thesis (PhD) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Business Administration 
<br/><br/> With increased need for highly employable graduates in today's global economy, there<br/>has been an uptick in the amount of research that investigates the factors that determine<br/>graduate employability. However, there is still a significant gap to understand the role<br/>of stakeholders' psychological perceptions in this context. The aim of this examines<br/>the psychological perceptions of graduate programs, graduate employability,<br/>interpersonal competencies, and the employability skills and experience required to<br/>produce sector-relevant personnel for banking sector. This quantitative research study<br/>used structural equation modelling (SEM); SEM provides the structure for examining<br/>the relationships between the subject variables. The sample size of this research was<br/>453 students and 33 lecturers who were surveyed, and data sheets from a skills<br/>inventory were given to a random sample of 23 bank human resource managers in<br/>North Lebanon. The findings of this show that Stakeholders' Psychological<br/>Perceptions is significantly and positively associated with Related Employability<br/>Skills and Experience, and Interpersonal Competencies, while insignificant negative<br/>link is established with Graduate Program. The research also found that Graduate<br/>Programs are influenced significantly by Related Employability Skills and Experience,<br/>but insignificantly by Interpersonal Competencies. Related Employability Skills and<br/>Experience, and Interpersonal Competencies both insignificantly impact Graduate<br/>Employability, but it is significantly impacted by Graduate Programs. In addition,<br/>moderating effects, the indirect effects study showed that the correlations between<br/>Stakeholders' Psychological Perceptions and Graduate Employability, moderated by<br/>Employability Skills and Experience, Interpersonal Competencies, and Graduate<br/>Program., were all determined to be non-significant. This was the case regardless of<br/>whatever moderator was used. The results of this study contributed to significantly.<br/>These insights are very valuable to a wide range of stakeholders. Educational<br/>institutions my now redesign curricula by integrating technical skills and interpersonal<br/>competences to satisfy the expectations of stakeholders. Policymakers may utilize<br/>these results to develop measures for increasing the relevance of educational<br/>programs and promoting a mutually beneficial connection between academics and<br/>business. Industry experts obtain in-depth knowledge of the elements that influence<br/>graduates' employability, allowing for effective partnership with educational<br/>institutions. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business Administration--Dissertations, Academic