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The purpose of this study is to determine leadership skills of vocational college graduates. In order to ensure that all vocational collage graduates become high-performance leaders by 2030. This study was conducted in two (2) phases, namely the need data collection phase and analysis phase. A total of 300 technical graduates of Vocational Colleges and 129 employers in the Malaysian industry were involved in this quantitative study. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The research results show that there is a gap between Leadership and organizational skills graduates and employers.
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