Abstract

VAN DEN BERG, Elette  and  ROTHMANN, Sebastiaan. Self-perceived employability, well-being and institutional embeddedness of accounting students. SAJBM [online]. 2025, vol.56, n.1, pp.1-11. ISSN 2078-5976.  https://doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v56i1.4729.

PURPOSE: This study investigates the associations between financial accounting students' self-perceived graduate employability, well-being and institutional embeddedness in a higher education institution. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Financial accounting students (N = 102) participated in a cross-sectional survey. Three measuring instruments were administered: the Self-Perceived Graduate Employability Scale, the Mental Health Continuum - Short Form and the adapted Global Job Embeddedness Scale. FINDINGS/RESULTS: The results highlight the strategic role of employability perceptions - particularly internal perceived employability and university commitment - in promoting key aspects of financial accounting student well-being and embeddedness. Internal perceived employability predicted both psychological and social well-being, while university commitment emerged as a robust predictor of social and emotional well-being and university embeddedness. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Enhancing financial accounting students' perceived internal employability and strengthening their commitment to the university can significantly improve their psychological, social and emotional well-being. These factors also support greater university embeddedness, highlighting their value for individual development and institutional retention strategies. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: Initiatives aimed at enhancing students' confidence in their employability and strengthening their commitment to the institution may yield broad individual well-being and institutional benefits. Investing in employability could be vital for universities seeking to foster the well-being and embeddedness of financial accounting students within the institution.

Keywords : financial accounting; student; well-being; institutional embeddedness; self-perceived graduate employability.

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