Employer Satisfaction with Polytechnic Graduate: Comparison Between Industry Cluster
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Purpose: This paper aims to Employer Satisfaction with Polytechnic Graduate: Comparison Between Industry Cluster.
Design/methodology/approach: The method used is statistic-descriptive and the design used is cross sectional.
Findings: 2 hypotheses are while the other is accepted.
Research limitations/implications: This study used two-step analysis: Kruskal-Wallis test was used to identify differences for three industry cluster; mechanical, electrical and civil engineering. Post Hoc test performs to identify the detail differences between each cluster.
Practical implications: Results show that from the 2 hypotheses proposed.
Originality/value: This paper is original.
Paper type: This paper can be categorized as a case study.
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