Soft Skill Integration for Inspiring Critical Employability Skills in Private Higher Education

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Article History: Purpose: The study aims to examine the influence of soft skill integration on the interpersonal soft skill levels of diploma business students in the private higher education institutions based in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia. Research Methods: The study was guided by the Soft Skill Development Model (2006) and the Soft Skill Integration method, according to Devadason, Subramaniam and Daniel (2010). This paper applied a descriptive quantitative survey method to assess the levels and relationships between the variables. A set of self-administered Received: 9 Jan, 2020 Received in revised form: 13 Aug, 2020 Accepted: 27 Feb, 2021 DOI: 10.14689/ejer.2021.92.2