Abstract:
Employment opportunities are available for graduates from
certain disciplines, while for a considerable proportion of the
graduates, finding employment has become a problem. Therefore,
enhancing the employability of graduates is a challenge faced by
the university system of Sri Lanka. This research contains the
findings based on economic, social and geographical attributes for
gender difference in response to graduate unemployment. A
questionnaire was distributed among the graduates of selected
two faculties of General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University,
Ratmalana. The study aimed to identify the impact of gender on
graduate unemployment, causes for the gender differences, and
the impact of geographical, social and economic factors in
response to each gender. Primary data was collected through the
questionnaire. Chi square test was used to determine the
individual impact of independent variables towards the dependent
variable, and binary logistic regression has been used to
determine the collective impact of independent variables towards
the dependent variable. The findings suggest that age, father’s
education, satisfaction with higher education/ training, job
preference, job satisfaction and impact of gender on finding a job
(as per the thoughts) have a significant relationship with
employability status of the male graduates. Furthermore,
academic qualifications, monthly income of families, satisfaction
with higher education and the training, job satisfaction and
impact of gender of the female graduates (as per their
experiences) have a significant relationship with employability
status of the female graduates.
