ABSTRACT In a borderless economy underlined by increased regional labour mobility, enhanced Real Estate professionals would benefit the Malaysian real estate industry. Little is known about how undergraduates undergo professionalisation during their university education. New entrants to a profession acquire the necessary values, attitudes, skills and knowledge through the process of professional socialisation (PS). An effective PS assists in human resource management in terms of high retention rate; conversely, an impaired PS negatively affects human resource management in terms of increased disengagement rate. This paper seeks to examine how Malaysian real estate undergraduates were initiated into their profession during their tertiary education. Using questionnaire survey as the main data collection tool, respondents comprising recent graduates from two public universities indicated the effectiveness of role models, reasoning and attitude in developing role orientation, syllabus comprehension and immersion, and soft skills enhancement. Mentorship was identified as the most important PS factor by the respondents whilst internship timing had no bearing on PS.

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马来西亚房地产大学生的专业社交（PS）

摘要在区域劳动力流动性日益增强的无国界经济中，增强的房地产专业人员将使马来西亚房地产业受益。对于本科生在大学教育期间如何进行专业化了解甚少。通过专业社会化（PS）的过程，新进入该行业的人可以获得必要的价值观，态度，技能和知识。有效的PS有助于高保留率的人力资源管理；相反，受损的PS会导致离职率增加，对人力资源管理产生负面影响。本文旨在研究马来西亚的房地产专业本科生是如何在高等教育中起步的。使用问卷调查作为主要数据收集工具，由两所公立大学的应届毕业生组成的受访者表示，榜样的有效性，推理和态度在发展角色定位，课程大纲理解和沉浸以及软技能增强方面的有效性。受访者认为导师制是最重要的PS因素，而实习时间与PS无关。