Students’ Perception on the Effectiveness of Industrial Internship Programme

Alawattegama, Kingsley Karunaratne; Perera, Niroshani

doi:10.31014/aior.1993.02.04.109

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“…Industry training is commonly referred as an internship, it is seen as a feasible path where students can obtain much-needed competencies and skills (Ojokuku et al, 2015;Karunaratne & Perera, 2015). The internship offers them the opportunity to experience workplace training and work experience in the real world while still in school (Ballinger & Lalwani, 2000).…”

Section: B Effective Internshipmentioning

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“…Similarly, Ojokuku et al (2015) suggested that by actively participating in industrial training, students could appreciate work methods and gain experience in handling equipment and machinery that might not be available in their institutions. Karunaratne & Perera (2019) assessed the effectiveness of the internship program on the degree to which the trainee is exposed to gain skills in three areas; academic skills, personal skills and enterprise skills. Cunningham & Sherman (2008) summarized that successful internships: require students to take responsibility for the given assignment or opportunity; require the students to develop knowledge and skills that can be applied in a variety of settings; linking academic theory and practice in a possible and efficient way; feasible and sustainable in the work schedule of all parties; provide openness and access to whatever is needed to complete activities; and ensure that job training prepares students to take on administrative roles with confidence and competence.…”

Section: B Effective Internshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Influence of Individual Factors on Hospitality Students’ Internship Satisfaction: The Mediation Role of Perceived Importance

Sihombing¹

2021

Glob Bus Financ Rev

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of achieving national education. According to article 16 paragraph (1) of Indonesian Government Regulation number 52 of 2016, vocational education is a higher education diploma program that prepares students working with certain applied skills. In order to adapt to certain fields of work as well as create job opportunities, students are directed to develop their applied skills. Vocational education applies a minimum

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Section: B Effective Internshipmentioning

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Section: B Effective Internshipmentioning

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The Influence of Individual Factors on Hospitality Students’ Internship Satisfaction: The Mediation Role of Perceived Importance

Sihombing¹

2021

Glob Bus Financ Rev

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“…According to Kingsley Karunarante & Niroshani Perera (2015) [6] the findings of the study on the effectiveness of internship program concluded that the students' learning experience is good or excellent are the chance to build up a relationship with hotels, acquire hotels work culture, develop self-confidence, executive problem-solving activities, develop social interaction skill, and aspire future education and career. Hotels support in pre-placement activities and assist with the support of the institute or university.…”

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Generation Z Graduates Students' Perception towards Effectiveness of Hotel Exposure Training

Natarajan¹,

Raman²

2020

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The Hotel Management Institute provides graduate students with basic skills and knowledge to be recruited and inducted as an entry-level workforce. Before completion of the graduate program, students undergo a Hotel Exposure Training program as part of their graduate study in luxury hotels which gives immense benefits to the students to know more about different functions of the hotel. There is always the perception changes with every graduates students from the time of enrollment to completion of the course. The critical phase is when the graduates students undergo the real time work exposure in the hotel. The research study explores the perception of Generation Z category undergraduate and graduate students. Generation Z are those born after the year 1996. The study focused on the effectiveness of hotel exposure training in terms of gaining confidence, understanding of the hotel operations and its influence, the student's perception on learning professional and technical skills, management practices, departmental functions, employment law and salary and benefit and to identify post-training employment opportunity. The study covered the Generation Z students of IHMC & AN-Chennai, India. The study, conducted by survey method, found that, the perception of the generation Z graduate students on the different variables are positive except the long working hours, which the institute and the host hotel discuss and find solution through better training schedule. The majority of the preference for career choice is in core functions of the hotel. Regarding employment opportunity, there is a scope for the host hotel to identify the required talents in advance and pursue in campus interview.

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“…He further argued that undergraduate research experiences enhance interns' abilities to engage in 'real work' as it provides an authentic learning experience. Karunaratne and Perera (2015) explored the effectiveness of industrial internship experienced by undergraduates from the Department of Textiles, who had interned with leading apparel manufacturers in Sri Lanka. Findings revealed positive learning experiences, building professional relationship, collaborative learning, deeper understanding of work culture, skill development like problem solving, increase in self-confidence, better inter-personal skills, and increased interest in future education and career.…”

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Perceptions of Fashion Interns: Roles, Responsibilities, Expectations and Experiences

Kohli

2019

Asian Journal of Education and Training

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Fashion design education has grown by leaps and bounds across world in recent years. It aims to prepare students with knowledge, skills and attitudes (KSA) to work in fashion industry and be employable. To empower students with much needed KSA, fashion design programs have industrial internship as a mandatory requirement that enables students to receive experiential training within the industry for a specific period. Industry internship is an opportunity to gain first-hand experience about various activities and operations conducted in an organization to manufacture products. This research investigates the perceptions of fashion design students regarding their expectations and experiences from an industrial internship using a mixed method approach. Structured questionnaires and semi structured interview schedule is used to gather data. Sample size for questionnaire was 66 and later in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 students. The findings of this research provide rich insight on internship expectations and experiences that can help educational institutions and fashion industry to work collaboratively in order to strengthen the internship program and maximize the benefits.

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Students’ Perception on the Effectiveness of Industrial Internship Programme

Cited by 49 publications

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The Influence of Individual Factors on Hospitality Students’ Internship Satisfaction: The Mediation Role of Perceived Importance

The Influence of Individual Factors on Hospitality Students’ Internship Satisfaction: The Mediation Role of Perceived Importance

Generation Z Graduates Students' Perception towards Effectiveness of Hotel Exposure Training

Perceptions of Fashion Interns: Roles, Responsibilities, Expectations and Experiences

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