Graduates' emotional competency: aligning academic programs, firms' requirements and students' profiles

Fabrizio Gerli, Sara Bonesso (), Claudio Pizzi () and Mariachiara Barzotto ()
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Sara Bonesso: Dept. of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venice
Mariachiara Barzotto: Dept. of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venice

No 13, Working Papers from Venice School of Management - Department of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Abstract: This study explores the still under-investigated phenomenon of the development of behavioral competencies in higher education settings. We carried out a study on a sample of graduate students enrolled in different disciplinary academic programs in a public University located in northern Italy. We analyzed their emotional, social and cognitive competencies (by adopting a research method that includes a multi-rater approach), comparing them with those expected by a sample of recruiting companies and with those developed by the teachers. Moreover, this study provides preliminary evidence on the impact of a set of characteristics related to the academic learning environment (such as the teaching methods) on the studentsÕ competency profile, correlating these variables with single competencies and clusters.

Keywords: Emotional and social competencies; graduate students; higher education; behavioral competency; learning environment; competency development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 J24 M12 M51 M53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2013-08
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