Years Author Title of the study Research

Methodology

Findings

1 2011

Malaysia

Associate Pro-

fessor Dr. Noor

Azina Ismail

GRADUATES’

CHARACTERISTICS

AND UNEMPLOY-

MENT: A STUDY

AMONG

MALAYSIAN

GRADUATES

This study was carried out in early

2005 and involved graduates of both

public and private institutions in

Malaysia from 2001 to 2004. A list

of graduates was obtained from se-

lected institutions. A total of 23,996

graduates were produced during this

period and this study chose to inter-

view around 3,025 graduates.

The results showed that the

chance of being employed rose

with an increase in English profi-

ciency. The only significant per-

sonality variable is leadership and

technical skills and this variable

consisted of constructs such as

possessing analytical thinking,

being intelligent, independent,

having leadership skills, commu-

nication and computer skills and

possessing work experience. The

non-significant variables were

academic achievement (CGPA),

industrial training, area of study,

intrapersonal, interpersonal and

leadership skills.

2 2009

Malaysia

CHOR FOON TANG

The Linkages among

Inflation, Unemploy-

ment and Crime Rates

This study uses annual data of crime

rate, consumer price index (CPI =

2000) and unemployment rate from

In this study, the normalised coef-

ficients for inflation and unem-

ployment rate are positively re-

in Malaysia 1970 to 2006 in Malaysia. lated to crime rate in Malaysia

over the sample period of 1970 to

2006. This implied that inflation

and unemployment are two im-

portance criminal motivation fac-

tors in Malaysia.

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4

5 2014 Mohamad Id-

ham Md Razak

Asliza Mohd

Yusof

Wan Nor

Syazana

Wan Effa Jaafar

Adi Hakim

Talib

Factors Influencing

Unemployment

among Graduates in

Malaysia

– An Overview

This study refers to primary data and also secondary data for supporting the sampling technique. Meanwhile, the researcher use questionnaire as the method to collect all the data fromsample respondents ( 150 employers and workers in Malaysia) in accomplish-ing the research objectives. While the data for this study was analyzed usingmultiple statistical procedures: mean point value, standard deviation, and correlation analysis.

The result of thestudy presented in this research

agrees that job mismatch; English proficiency and employability

skillsinfluenced unemployment among

graduates.

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