Competencies of Entry-Level College Graduate Employees in Agribusiness

Stephen E. Miller, Todd D. Davis, Wilder N. Ferreira, Lawrence D. Fredendall and Linda B. Nilson

No 35553, 2005 Annual Meeting, February 5-9, 2005, Little Rock, Arkansas from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Agribusinesses firms were surveyed to assess the competencies of their recent college-graduate employees according to whether the employees had agricultural or business degrees. Both graduate types received high average ratings for their computer skills and low average ratings for their knowledge of cultural and economic differences in international business.

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Pages: 20
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.35553

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