Effects of Internship Predictors on Successful Field Experience

Outcome-Based Internship in Malaysia’s Public Higher Education Institutions

“…Foundation of outcome-based internship is the interning undergraduate'sscholastic achievement, passion, mental set, the supervision support, and the employer's objectives and practices in internship, and rewards (Beard &Morton, 1999). Further study highlighted that to organize a quality internship program demands commitment in terms of sufficient resource, the employer's interest in seeing the learning growth of the interns, redesign of works that match with the interns' learning outcome and capabilities, and a progressive framework of assessment (Cutting &Hall, 2008).…”

“…A few constructs are utilized as a part of a broad group of research to assess internship effectiveness (outcome-based), inclusive of improvement of career skills, career focus, practical advantages, practical outcome, and illuminationof self-idea in professionalism and work ethics and internship satisfaction (Taylor, 1988;Beard & Morton, 1999;Gault, Redington & Schlage, 2000).Through extant literature, and in order to answer the research questions of this academic undertaking, the author has select career skills and career focus as the dependent variables in this study.…”

“…Employees with a positive job mentality towards the internship will probably accomplish internship effectively and efficiently (Feldman & Weitz, 1990;Beard, 1997;Beard & Morton, 1999). When the intern begin the work-based learning, internsare expected to behave like new, full-time staff.…”

“…Literatures empirically established that interns' own initiative has critical influence in the achievement of the intern (Patton & Dial, 1988;Basow & Byrne, 1993;Beard, 1997;Beard &Morton, 1999).…”

A Win-Win Dual Internship Model for Turning Graduates Employable

“…Research highlighting the importance of relevant practical experience for students has been carried out [5] but the effects of these internships on the success of the intern to transfer the field practice into the actual workplace engagement needs follow up [6] Whilst most universities have adopted traditional single internship model, Botho College with the introduction of dual internship model provides additional opportunity to its students in building upon their weakness areas. This happens through self learning, tutor feedback and participation in student support sessions after the first internship grooming them for second internship and final year project.…”