Quality management system in higher education institutions and its impact on students' employability with the mediating effect of industry–academia collaboration

Jawad Abbas, Kalpina Kumari and Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi

Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, 2021, vol. 40, issue 2, 325-343

Abstract: Purpose - Based on the principles of the human capital theory, this study investigates the role of the quality management system (QMS) in higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing successful employability attributes among graduates. Considering industry as a prominent stakeholder in academia, the authors took industry–academia collaboration as the mediating variable. Design/methodology/approach - Using the European Foundation for Quality Management model, the author analyzed how QMS in public HEIs located in London, the United Kingdom (UK), impacts business management, computer science and engineering students' employability. Following the nonprobability convenience sampling technique, this study included data from 324 local and international students. Findings - The structural analysis identified QMS as a significant factor in enhancing students' employability, and industry–academia collaboration is found to act as a partial mediator in this relationship. Originality/value - The management of HEIs in developing countries can take valuable guidelines from this study and integrate QMS in their institutions in developing their students' employability, as it is being done by HEIs in the UK.

Keywords: Human capital development; Employability; Total quality management; Industry–academia collaboration; Higher education institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1108/JEAS-07-2021-0135

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