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Vocational High School Teacher's Work Ethic Sitanggang, Nathanael; Luthan, Putri Lynna Adelinna
JIPTEK: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Teknik dan Kejuruan Vol 16, No 1 (2023): January
Publisher : Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20961/jiptek.v16i1.67589

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Essential research describes the work ethic of Vocational High School teachers and the indicator that mostly affects the formation of the latent variable of the vocational teacher's work ethic. The research used a survey method with a sample consisting of 212 SMK teachers in Medan. The analytical technique used was a confirmatory factor analysis with SEM analysis using AMOS tools. The analysis revealed that the SMK teachers’ work ethic reached 35.85%, categorised as high, 52.36% as adequate, 8.49% as inadequate, and 3.30% as low. It also showed that an indicator variable of having a preference for working hard served as the strongest indicator (52.70%) that formed the latent construct variable of the vocational teachers' work ethic. Subsequently, the latent construct variables of vocational teachers' work ethic contain several indicators that include a preference for working hard at 52.70%; willingness to give more than required at 50.55%; fairness at 49.14%; willingness to cooperate at 48.86%; working honestly with 42.64%; work efficiently during working hours with 39.18%; and respecting colleagues with 25.60%.
The Dominant Soft Skills that Affect Readiness of Vocational Graduate in Entering Construction Labor Market Sitanggang, Nathanael; Luthan, Putri Lynna Adelinna; Dwiyanto, Felix Andika; Sanjaya, Satrio Dwi
Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan Vol. 7, No. 8
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This study aims to recognize the dominant soft skills factors that influence the readiness of vocational education graduates to enter the job market in the field of construction. The method used is survey study including samples that consisted of 40 workers graduated from State University of Medan civil engineering diploma 3. The instruments used were the soft skills and the competence readiness questionnaire with reliability coefficients of 0.93 and 0.98. Furthermore, the multiple regression analysis techniques is used to test the hypothesis. The results shows that the soft skills readiness influencing 74% the vocational education skills readiness in entering the job market in construction. Furthermore, the factors that has dominant influenced soft skills in vocational education graduates' readiness including (a) communication skills (20.07%), (b) working according to plan (6.00%), (c) emotional intelligence (3.13%), (d) digital abilities (2.07%), (e) problem solving (1.96%), (f) willingness to learn (1.61 %), (g) confident (1.23%), (h) ability to cooperate (1.14%), and (i) decision making (1.06%). This finding is useful for the university as an institution that produces graduates for vocational education, and the construction services as users of vocational education graduates. Moreover, it is also possible that these findings can apply more broadly to vocational secondary education institutions.