EFFECT OF SHORT SKILL ACQUISITION PROGRAM ON YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY: THE MODERATING ROLE OF GENDER
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https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v23.5920Palabras clave:
Employability, Off-the Job-training, On-the-job Training, Youths, GenderResumen
The persistence and stubborn patterns of unemployment among the youth of South Africa remain a reality no one can dispute. Every corner of the country is littered with young people across all colour lines that are directly or indirectly affected by this monster. Hence, being driven by the knowledge of the direct relationship that exists between this type of high unemployment indices and the high incidences of skill mismatch and unemployability among the youths, a comprehensive training program with the intent of providing short-term skills acquisition programs, education and training, as well as other capacity building programs, was introduced, and seen as a veritable tool to address the incidence of youth unemployability. Thus, having provided training for over 900 trainees since inception, it becomes crucial to assess the effectiveness of this program in fostering the required level of employability among the youths. In this research, the effect of on-the-job training and off-the-job training as two components of the training program was examined on youth employability. Additionally, the moderating effect of gender was equally examined in this relationship. Consequently, research data, obtained from a total of 114 randomly selected trainees, were subjected to regression and moderating analysis. Thus, while the results confirmed that a positive and significant relationship exists between on-the-job training and off-the-job training on one side, and youth employability on the other side, there is, however, no moderating effect of gender found for these two relationships, in that a significant difference does not exist in the relationships between both males and females. Finally, important implications for both theory and practice were discussed in line with these findings.
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