THE EFFECT OF COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION SKILLS ON VOCATIONAL ACCOUNTING STUDENTS' WORK READINESS
Keywords:
communication skills, collaboration skills , job readinessAbstract
This study evaluates the impact of communication and collaboration skills on the work readiness of students of the Accounting Competency Vocational School. This research answers the limitations of previous research that still rarely examines the role of these two skills in improving the work readiness of Accounting Vocational School students, as well as integrating Goal Setting Theory as a conceptual foundation. Through a quantitative approach, this study involved a sample of 166 accounting grade XII students at public VHS Surakarta, who were selected through purposive sampling based on their internship experience. The data collected through the validated questionnaire was analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results revealed that communication and collaboration skills positively and significantly increased job readiness, which overall explained 73.7% of the variance. These findings highlight that collaboration skills have a more dominant influence than communication. These results indicate that communication and collaboration skills are important factors in improving the work readiness of vocational school students. The findings show that technical competence needs to be supported by the mastery of soft skills so that graduates are able to adapt to the demands of work in the field of modern accounting. In practice, this research encourages vocational schools and education policymakers to incorporate collaborative experiences, such as project-based learning and group case studies, into the curriculum to align educational outcomes with industry needs.
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