WORK MASTERY AND GOAL-SETTING SKILLS. HOW ARE BULGARIAN STUDENTS DOING

Stoyanka Cherkezova ()
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Stoyanka Cherkezova: Institute for Population and Human Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE "HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT", 2024, issue 1, 89-98

Abstract: This paper makes the rationale for including direct measures of soft skills, in addition to students' academic performance, to the success criteria of an educational system in the context of the hybridization of skills required by the professions of the future. Two soft skills among 15-year-old students in Bulgaria in 2018 that are important for their later success in the labour market are investigated: 1. work mastery and 2. mastery goal orientation (in relation to the learning process). Operational definitions of the skills are presented. Conclusions are drawn on these skills’ performance of Bulgarian students in a global context. Some conclusions are drawn about the necessary course of educational policies in secondary education. Microdata from the 2018 PISA survey, which was conducted in Bulgaria and 78 other countries, are used.

Keywords: soft skills; education; work mastery; mastery goal orientation; educational policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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