Publication: Alignment Between the Needs of the Labor Market and the Outputs of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman through Strategic Planning as a Mediating Variable
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Date
2023
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IJHER
Abstract
The study aimed to reveal the compatibility between the needs of the labor market and the
outputs of higher education in the Sultanate of Oman through strategic planning as a
mediating variable. The study population consists of the occupants of senior and middle
management positions in the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Innovation and
educational institutions affiliated to the Ministry in the Sultanate of Oman. As well as
graduates of the Colleges of Applied Sciences of the Ministry of Higher Education and
Scientific Innovation in the Sultanate of Oman. The study relied on the descriptive
approach. The study used the questionnaire as tools for data collection, after ensuring its
validity and reliability. Its psychometric properties were also verify by exploratory and
confirmatory factor analysis using the statistical program (AMOS) and (SPSS), and the study
used the Model Structural Equation (SEM) to analyze the results. The study reach several
results, the most important of which is the presence of an indirect effect of the variable of
strategic planning practice in higher education institutions in the Sultanate of Oman on the
variable of adapting their outputs to the needs of the labor market through the
harmonization of outputs to the labor market from the point of view of higher education
officials, and this result indicates that there is a positive and effective impact. The study
also included many recommendations, the most important of which is the need to activate
the practical side in universities to provide students with the practical skills necessary for
them to engage in the labor market.
Description
Volume: 5 Issue: 3
Keywords
Labor Market, Education Outcomes, Strategic Planning.