Competencies in Higher Education System: an Empirical Analysis of Employers` Perceptions

This study offers insight into the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), as agreed and detailed by the Romanian qualifications framework, applied to the economic sector. By means of a survey conducted on 92 employing companies, it validates the importance of competencies for the Romanian labour m...

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Main Authors: Adela Deaconu, Codruţa Osoian, Monica Zaharie, Sorin Adrian Achim
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Language:English
Published: Editura ASE 2014-08-01
Series:Amfiteatru Economic
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Online Access:http://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/ArticolEN.aspx?CodArticol=1319
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Monica Zaharie
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description This study offers insight into the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), as agreed and detailed by the Romanian qualifications framework, applied to the economic sector. By means of a survey conducted on 92 employing companies, it validates the importance of competencies for the Romanian labour market and employers` degree of satisfaction with the competencies of business graduates. In terms of typology, employers attach more importance to transversal competencies than to professional competencies, both at conceptual level and as degree of acquirement following higher education. The empirical analysis provides data on employers` ranking of transversal and professional competencies and identifies the classes of competencies deemed to be in short supply on the labour market. Through its results, the study enhances the relationship between the higher education system and the labour market, providing key information for an efficient implementation of the competence-based education system.
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spelling doaj-art-27dbafe7ea484bdda4abcab715f47f9d2025-08-20T03:54:38ZengEditura ASEAmfiteatru Economic1582-91462247-91042014-08-011637857873Competencies in Higher Education System: an Empirical Analysis of Employers` PerceptionsAdela Deaconu0Codruţa Osoian1Monica Zaharie 2Sorin Adrian Achim3Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaBabeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaBabeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaBabeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaThis study offers insight into the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), as agreed and detailed by the Romanian qualifications framework, applied to the economic sector. By means of a survey conducted on 92 employing companies, it validates the importance of competencies for the Romanian labour market and employers` degree of satisfaction with the competencies of business graduates. In terms of typology, employers attach more importance to transversal competencies than to professional competencies, both at conceptual level and as degree of acquirement following higher education. The empirical analysis provides data on employers` ranking of transversal and professional competencies and identifies the classes of competencies deemed to be in short supply on the labour market. Through its results, the study enhances the relationship between the higher education system and the labour market, providing key information for an efficient implementation of the competence-based education system.http://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/ArticolEN.aspx?CodArticol=1319competenciesbusiness graduatesemployers’ satisfactionhigher educationqualifications
spellingShingle Adela Deaconu
Codruţa Osoian
Monica Zaharie
Sorin Adrian Achim
Competencies in Higher Education System: an Empirical Analysis of Employers` Perceptions
Amfiteatru Economic
competencies
business graduates
employers’ satisfaction
higher education
qualifications
title Competencies in Higher Education System: an Empirical Analysis of Employers` Perceptions
title_full Competencies in Higher Education System: an Empirical Analysis of Employers` Perceptions
title_fullStr Competencies in Higher Education System: an Empirical Analysis of Employers` Perceptions
title_full_unstemmed Competencies in Higher Education System: an Empirical Analysis of Employers` Perceptions
title_short Competencies in Higher Education System: an Empirical Analysis of Employers` Perceptions
title_sort competencies in higher education system an empirical analysis of employers perceptions
topic competencies
business graduates
employers’ satisfaction
higher education
qualifications
url http://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/ArticolEN.aspx?CodArticol=1319
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