Business Students' Perception of Critical and Marketable Skills in Thriving Job Security

The primary purpose of this research study is to report on business students' perceptions of critical and marketable skills as it relates to attaining job security in prosperous, innovative companies. The first phase of the study involved a case study considering a top-fifty company directed in...

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Published inInternational management review Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 5 - 110
Main Authors Richardson, Ronny, North, Max, North, Sarah M, Garofalo, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Marietta American Scholars Press, Inc 01.01.2020
Subjects
Age
Case studies
Collaboration
Employment
Employment security
Experiments
Information systems
Males
Management information systems
Perceptions
Polls & surveys
Problem solving
Prosperity
Skills
Student attitudes
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Summary:The primary purpose of this research study is to report on business students' perceptions of critical and marketable skills as it relates to attaining job security in prosperous, innovative companies. The first phase of the study involved a case study considering a top-fifty company directed in several sections of a Management Information Systems course. A concise survey was developed and administered to students. In the second phase, responses to several open questions were solicited from students. Collected responses and data from both phases were analyzed. The findings of this study provide useful information for general business students and beyond.
ISSN:1551-6849