Related Data for: Preparing graduates for future workplace: Development and validation of Work Readiness Assessment Inventory (WRAI)

The present book chapter offers a multi-dimensional work readiness inventory to understand the relations of 21-dimensional attributes of work readiness. As there are still limited measures for assessing the work-ready attributes of graduates, this study developed and validated work readiness assessment inventory (WRAI) in the higher educational context of Singapore. Based on our existing knowledge, there is no such empirical study that has identified these attributes and investigated their relations on work readiness. The present study was based on a sample of final-year university students from a university in Singapore. First, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted on 162 university students in a pilot study. Subsequently, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted in the main study with 914 university students. Factorial results supported the 21-dimension WRAI structure. Findings related to the importance of equipping our university graduates with relevant work-ready skills and preparing them for career success in this complex economy. This book chapter thus highlights how work readiness relates to the 21 attributes that are likely desired by employers and identifies the attributes that universities could develop in their students. Implications and directions of higher education will also be discussed.