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研究生: 莫恩慈
Morris, Jenelle Joanna
論文名稱: Relationships among Perceived Technical Vocational Education and Training, Perceived Employability and Perceived Skills Acquisition: Youth's Perception
Relationships among Perceived Technical Vocational Education and Training, Perceived Employability and Perceived Skills Acquisition: Youth's Perception
指導教授: 賴志樫
Lai, Chih-Chien
口試委員: 賴志樫
Lai, Chih-Chien Steven
李栢浡
Lee, Pai-Po
張媁雯
Chang, Wei-Wen Vera
口試日期: 2023/06/25
學位類別: 碩士
Master
系所名稱: 國際人力資源發展研究所
Graduate Institute of International Human Resource Developmemt
論文出版年: 2023
畢業學年度: 111
語文別: 英文
論文頁數: 91
英文關鍵詞: Employment, Employability, Skills Acquisition, Technical Vocational Education and Training, Youths
DOI URL: http://doi.org/10.6345/NTNU202300973
論文種類: 學術論文
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  • Drawn from the human capital theory, this research adopted a quantitative approach to investigate the relationships among perceived technical vocational education and training, perceived skills acquisition, and perceived employability. The results indicated that perceived technical vocational education and training positively and significantly correlated with perceived skills acquisition and perceived employability. At the same time, perceived employability also significantly and positively correlated with perceived skills acquisition. Additionally, it was identified that perceived employability positively and significantly mediates the relationship between perceived technical vocational education and training and perceived skills acquisition. The findings identified that youths believed that technical vocational education and training could enhance unskilled and skilled youths with employability skills by acquiring the necessary skills and know-how from vocational programs offered at the technical institutes, including the tertiary level. These acquired skills are deemed transferrable assets to the workplace of their selected field. Based on the findings, it was recommended that youths be provided career guidance and counseling to assist them in making informed decisions about career opportunities and link their program selection to their career path.

    ABSTRACT...................................................................................................................................I TABLE OF CONTENTS...........................................................................................................III LIST OF TABLES.......................................................................................................................V LIST OF FIGURES.................................................................................................................VII CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION............................................................................................1 Background of the Study....................................................................................................1 Statement of the Research Problem..............................................................................4 Purpose of the Study............................................................................................................5 Research Questions..............................................................................................................5 Significance of the Study....................................................................................................6 Definition of Terms...............................................................................................................6 CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW...................................................................................9 Technical Vocational Education and Training.............................................................9 Skills Acquisition.................................................................................................................16 Perceived Employability...................................................................................................19 The Relationship among Variables..............................................................................22 CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY.......................................................................................25 Research Framework.........................................................................................................25 Research Hypotheses........................................................................................................26 Research Procedure...........................................................................................................26 Participants and Data Collection..................................................................................28 Control Variables................................................................................................................36 Data Analysis.......................................................................................................................36 CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND RESULTS.....................................................................41 Descriptive Analysis Results..........................................................................................41 The Relationship among Variables.............................................................................47 Regression among Variables........................................................................................48 Summary of Hypotheses Testing Results................................................................54 Discussions.........................................................................................................................55 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS..................................57 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................57 Limitations...........................................................................................................................58 Recommendations...........................................................................................................58 REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................63 APPENDIX A RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE............................................................69 APPENDIX B ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE..................................................................77 APPENDIX C CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS RESULT...............................91 LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 Enrollment in Technical and Vocational Education by Level, Location and Sex 2017/18 to 2020/21.........................................................................................................12 Table 2.2 Enrollment in the Technical Institute by Program, Year, and Sex, 2020/2.....................................................................................................................................................13 Table 2.3 Essential Skills and Knowledge...................................................................................14 Table 3.1 Technical and Vocational Education.........................................................................31 Table 3.2 Skills Acquisition..............................................................................................................33 Table 3.3 Perceived Employability................................................................................................35 Table 3.4 Pilot Test Reliability Results.........................................................................................37 Table 3.5 Main Study Reliability Results....................................................................................38 Table 3.6 Criterion for Goodness Fit...........................................................................................39 Table 3.7 Overall Model Fit Summary of Confirmatory Factor Analysis..................................................................................................................................................39 Table 4.1 Descriptive Statistics for Participants......................................................................42 Table 4.2 Descriptive Statistics for TVET Dimensions..........................................................44 Table 4.3 Descriptive Statistics for Skills Acquisition...........................................................45 Table 4.4 Descriptive Statistics for Perceived Employability.............................................47 Table 4.5 Means, Standard Deviations and Correlations Among Variables in Main Study......................................................................................................................................................48 Table 4.6 Hierarchical Regression Results on Technical Vocational Education and Training and Skills Acquisition.....................................................................................................50 Table 4.7 Hierarchical Regression Results on Technical Vocational Education and Training and Perceived Employability.......................................................................................51 Table 4.8 Hierarchical Regression Results on Perceived Employability and Skills Acquisition...............................................................................................................................52 Table 4.9 Hierarchical Regression Summary Results between Technical Vocational Education and Training and Skills Acquisition with the Mediating Effect of Perceived Employability.....................................................................................................................................53 Table 4.10 Hypotheses Testing Results Summary...............................................................54 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1 Unemployment Rates.......................................................................................2 Figure 1.2 Unemployment Youth Total............................................................................3 Figure 2.1 Technical and Vocational Education Employment Model........................................................................................................................................21 Figure 3.1 Research Framework.....................................................................................25 Figure 3.2 Research Procedure.......................................................................................27

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