Abstract

The relationship between employability skills and career transition among neurodivergent individuals is a topic that has been gaining significant attention in recent years. The objective of the study was to determine the predictive power of employability skills on career transition among individuals with neurodiversity. This study utilized a predictive correlational research design with a sample of ninety-four neurodivergent individuals from Southeast Nigeria. Two instruments—the Employability Skills Measurement Scale (ESMS) and Career Transition Inventory (CTI) French Version (CTI-F)—were used for data collection in the study. This study employed linear regression analysis to determine the predictive power of employability skills on career transition and the coefficient of determination (R2). To test the hypothesis at a probability level of .05, an analysis of variance (ANOVA) associated with regression was used. The coefficient of determination (R2) value of .098 showed that employability skills had very low predictive power for career transition among neurodivergent individuals. This means the employability skills of neurodivergent individuals in Southeast Nigeria accounted for 9.8 percent of their career transition variance. However, the findings also showed that employability skills are a significant predictor of career transition among neurodivergent individuals in Southeast Nigeria F(1, 93) = 10.019, p = .02. Consequently, employability skills play a significant role in predicting career transitions among neurodivergent individuals in Southeast Nigeria. This study provided the first empirical evidence of the relationship between employability skills and the career transition of neurodivergent individuals in Southeast Nigeria, Africa.