دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی شهر های هوشمند برای تندرستی: اشتغال جوانان و مهارت آنها در رایانه - امرالد 2017

Abstract

Purpose – Smart cities can be understood as an inclusive space for each and everyone to achieve their best options, within the framework of sustainable development, where institutions boost information and technology environments that help achieve the highest individual and social well-being with the aim of improving the lives of citizens. The youth group (between 15 and 24 years) was severely affected by the crisis. In this paper, youth employability, in relation to the new challenges of smart cities, is analyzed in the EU with the aim of assessing the influence of information and communication technologies (ICTs) skills on youth employability. Design/methodology/approach – By means of a mean analysis and structural equation modeling, the differences between the Eurozone and the other countries in the EU is analyzed, as well as the importance of information technologies and the computer skills for increasing youth employability. Findings – The results indicate that awareness of the importance of IT skills is greater in the Eurozone and that computer skills are highly significant to explain the employability of young people. Practical implications – The achieved conclusions point out to the training on computers skills as a key factor for boosting youth employment. Social implications – This work could provide some tools to help policymakers design instruments for increasing youth employment, as well as to provide training mechanisms to obtain the skilled workforce needed for the enterprises that emerged in the environment of smart cities. Originality/value – The main original value of this work is to relate computers skills and the employment rates for youth in the framework of the European Union.

5. Discussion and conclusions

The youth living in the Eurozone countries are sensible about the importance of being updated on IT knowledge because the means comparison results indicate that there are no differences between formal learning and other ways of training; nevertheless, there is statistic significant difference on the item “Individuals who have obtained IT skills through training courses and adult education centers, on own initiative”, that is to say, that for the same level of knowledge, they are attending more courses by their own initiative. The means are 6.526 and 3.444, respectively, which indicate that youth in the Eurozone are more aware on the necessity of training, as they are demanding these training courses on their own initiative. The answer to RQ1, taking into account the tested hypotheses, is shown in Table VII. The results indicate that there is an essential difference between the Eurozone and the other EU countries (tested on H1.5). We conclude that five of the six tested hypotheses are rejected; that is to say, H1.6, is the only accepted hypothesis. The one that focuses on awareness of the importance of ICTs skills, and it has been proven in literature (López-Arranz, 2017) to be a key factor for employability in the context of new workplaces arising in the smart cities. About RQ2 (RQ2), the SEM proved that the computer skills is a relevant factor to explain youth employability in the European Union and that H2.1 should be rejected.