Percepção de empregabilidade e evasão no Ensino Superior

Abstract

This research aims to determine the influence of employability on the risk of school dropout in higher education in Accounting at UFSM. This is a descriptive study, employing survey through questionnaires and quantitative approach of data, in addition to documentary analysis of previous studies. The sample included 124 participants, 59 men and 65 women, aged between 18 and 49 years. The results indicated that students are confident and secure in relation to the labor market, demonstrated in the constructs of self-efficacy in job search, emotional regulation and adaptation to work, which make up the perceived employability. With regard to evasion in the Accounting course in the period from 2019 to 2022, the highest peak of evasion was observed. The research finds that employability is not a determining factor of the risk of dropout of students of the course, being this risk linked to younger students and those who have recently entered the course. Thus, efforts for student retention can focus on the initial semesters of the course, in which the youngest students are.