JOB SKILLS AND EMPLOYABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION

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MEJÍA PEÑAFIEL EDWIN FERNANDO, AGUILAR REYES JOHANNA, ANGELITA GENOVEVA TAPIA BONIFAZ, ÓSCAR C. LA ROSA-FEIJOÓ

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A documentary review was carried out on the production and publication of research papers related to the study of the variables Labor Competencies and Employability in Education.  The purpose of the bibliometric analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the volume of publications registered in the Scopus database during the period 2018-2022, achieving the identification of 131 publications. The information provided by this platform was organized through graphs and figures categorizing the information by Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. Once these characteristics have been described, the position of different authors towards the proposed theme is referenced through a qualitative analysis. Among the main findings made through this research, it is found that Spain, with 26 publications, was the country with the highest scientific production registered in the name of authors affiliated with institutions in that country. The Area of Knowledge that made the greatest contribution to the construction of bibliographic material referring to the study of Labor Competencies and Employability in Education were the  Social Sciences with 97 published documents, and the Type of Publication that was most used during the period indicated above were the Journal Article with 109 documents,  each, of the total scientific production.

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MEJÍA PEÑAFIEL EDWIN FERNANDO, AGUILAR REYES JOHANNA, ANGELITA GENOVEVA TAPIA BONIFAZ, ÓSCAR C. LA ROSA-FEIJOÓ

1Mejía Peñafiel Edwin Fernando, 2Aguilar Reyes Johanna, 3Angelita Genoveva Tapia Bonifaz, 4Óscar C. La Rosa-Feijoó

 

Escuela Superior Politécnica del Chimborazo, Facultad de Ciencias.

 

Escuela Superior Politécnica del Chimborazo, Facultad de Ciencias.

 

Docente Investigadora Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo -

 

Universidad Nacional de Tumbes– Peru

 

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