01574nas a2200169 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001500043700002000058700001600078700001900094245008800113300001400201490000700215520115700222022002501379 2024 d1 aMarek Deja1 aPiotr Bobkowski1 aIsto Huvila1 aAnna Mierzecka00aEmpowering through Digital Skills: A Case of Alumni in the Business Services Sector a1288-13030 v753 aThis quasi-experiment examines the self-assessment of psychological empowerment in the workplace among humanities and social science graduates who completed one of four digital literacy courses and were employed in the business services sector 6 months after graduation. The four courses—-information literacy, data literacy, visual literacy, and communication and collaboration—-were designed using information literacy and digital skills frameworks and were offered to support students employability. Psychological empowerment was measured with four dimensions: meaning, competence, self-determination, and impact. Statistical inference with a probabilistic approach using Bayesian ANOVA was conducted. The four courses varied in their impact on empowerment, with the information literacy course corresponding to the highest empowerment scores. The training also related differentially to the four dimensions of empowerment, with the highest scores on meaning. Evidence indicates that digital literacy instruction supports the psychological empowerment of humanities and social science graduates employed in the business services sector. a2330-1635, 2330-1643