How Do University Students Recognize Internship Programs?

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  • 大学生はインターンシップをどのように認識しているのか?
  • 大学生はインターンシップをどのように認識しているのか?--未経験学生のインターンシップに対する意識
  • ダイガクセイ ワ インターンシップ オ ドノヨウニ ニンシキシテイルノカ ミケイケン ガクセイ ノ インターンシップ ニ タイスル イシキ
  • A Survey Research for Internship Inexperienced Students
  • 未経験学生のインターンシップに対する意識

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The internship program has become an integral part of most university curricula in Japan since the mid 1990s and the number of universities which have internship programs is more than 400. And in 2004, about 40,000 university students participated in internship programs. As internship programs have became popular, some academic research articles have appeared in Japan. Research up until the present has focused on enforcement reports of internship programs or surveys of students who took part in such programs. However, the attitude and the perception of students who have not experienced internship programs has not yet been fully investigated. To enforce carrier development programs in the university, we must investigate the difference in attitude of students by presence of recognition of internship. Also, it is needed to explore what kind of difference there is among students who have a strong participation intention to internship with students who have a weak intention to participate in internship. In order to clarify that, a survey of students who have not participated in an internship was used. Results of the survey showed as follows. First, most students have not known the word internship in universities which do not have internship programs in the curriculum. Second, students who have recognized internship have a positive image to internship programs. Third, students who have strong intention to participate in internship programs have excessive expectations. Fourth, students who have weak participation intention show more uneasiness than students who have strong intention to participate in internship program. Fifth, students who have no intention to take part in internship programs have uneasiness about internship programs and also tend to give priority to part-time jobs. Finally, some practical implications for internship program coordinators in the university were discussed.

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