Self-perceived employability, well-being and institutional embeddedness of accounting students
South African Journal of Business Management
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Self-perceived employability, well-being and institutional embeddedness of accounting students | |
| Creator | van den Berg, Elette Rothmann, Sebastiaan | |
| Description | Purpose: This study investigates the associations between financial accounting students’ self-perceived graduate employability, well-being and institutional embeddedness in a higher education institution.Design/methodology/approach: Financial accounting students (N = 102) participated in a cross-sectional survey. Three measuring instruments were administered: the Self-Perceived Graduate Employability Scale, the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form and the adapted Global Job Embeddedness Scale.Findings/results: The results highlight the strategic role of employability perceptions – particularly internal perceived employability and university commitment – in promoting key aspects of financial accounting student well-being and embeddedness. Internal perceived employability predicted both psychological and social well-being, while university commitment emerged as a robust predictor of social and emotional well-being and university embeddedness.Practical implications: Enhancing financial accounting students’ perceived internal employability and strengthening their commitment to the university can significantly improve their psychological, social and emotional well-being. These factors also support greater university embeddedness, highlighting their value for individual development and institutional retention strategies.Originality/value: Initiatives aimed at enhancing students’ confidence in their employability and strengthening their commitment to the institution may yield broad individual well-being and institutional benefits. Investing in employability could be vital for universities seeking to foster the well-being and embeddedness of financial accounting students within the institution. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2025-05-23 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajbm.v56i1.4729 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Business Management; Vol 56, No 1 (2025); 11 pages 2078-5976 2078-5585 | |
| Language | eng | |
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