A SURVEY OF INTERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT UNDERGRADUATES IN AACSB- ACCREDIATED INSTITUTIONS

ARTICLE 1: A SURVEY OF INTERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT UNDERGRADUATES IN AACSB- ACCREDIATED INSTITUTIONS WHO CARRIED OUT THE RESEARCH?. Kim, Kijoo Kim, Michael Bzullak RESEARCH SUBJEC

ARTICLE 1: A SURVEY OF INTERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT UNDERGRADUATES IN AACSB- ACCREDIATED INSTITUTIONS

WHO CARRIED OUT THE

RESEARCH? Eyong B Kim, Kijoo Kim, Michael Bzullak

RESEARCH SUBJECTS

473 institutions

REASONS FOR CARRYING

THE RESEARCH Survey the current status of internship programs for Management

undergraduate students and introduce a well-established internship programs.

WHERE WAS IT CARRIED

HOW WAS IT CARRIED

OUT?/ Methodology Web search, questionnaire survey

YEAR OF PUBLICATION 2012

ARTICLE 1: A SURVEY OF INTERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT UNDERGRADUATES IN AACSB- ACCREDIATED INSTITUTIONS

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR

RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR

HYPOTHESES IN THE STUDY? Do universities offer internship courses that are

designed to help students get the benefits of internship experiences?

WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO

CARRY OUT THE RESEARCH?

RESEARCH METHODS

ARTICLE 1: A SURVEY OF INTERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT UNDERGRADUATES IN AACSB- ACCREDIATED INSTITUTIONS

- Web search

- Questionnaire survey

RESEARCH DESIGN

ARTICLE 1: KELVIN BUCKLE ARTICLE 2: JACOB EDWARD CLEMENS

- Complete a GPI survey

- Telephone interview - Three separate interviews

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

ARTICLE 1: A SURVEY OF INTERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT

UNDERGRADUATES IN AACSB- ACCREDIATED INSTITUTIONS

Do universities offer internship courses that are designed to help students get the benefits of internship experiences?

DATA COLLECTED

ARTICLE 1: KELVIN BUCKLE

1 Web search

 A web page analysis was conducted on 473 institutions

5 of 473 schools dropped from the further analysis

 From the web sites of the remaining schools (468 schools)

DATA PROCEDURES

ARTICLE 1: A SURVEY OF INTERSHIP

PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT

UNDERGRADUATES IN AACSB-

ACCREDIATED INSTITUTIONS

- Web base analysis

- Using the SPSS software

- Email survey

ANALYSIS OF THE DATA

ARTICLE 1: A SURVEY OF INTERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT

UNDERGRADUATES IN AACSB- ACCREDIATED INSTITUTIONS

How were the data

analyzed in the study? • Likert-scale

• ANOVA

ARTICLE 1: A SURVEY OF INTERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT

UNDERGRADUATES IN AACSB- ACCREDIATED INSTITUTIONS

Were the analytic procedures

quantitative, qualitative or

ANALYSING FINDINGS

ARTICLE 1: A SURVEY OF INTERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT UNDERGRADUATES IN AACSB- ACCREDIATED INSTITUTIONS

Main findings

Research Questions:

Do universities offer internship courses that are designed to help students get the benefits of internship experiences?

1 Web search results:

1.1 Overview of internship offerings

 96.5% offer internships course to management

majors Among these

Main findings

(Cont)

 78% use the offer by either the management department

or college of business

 18.5% use the offer by the university for their

management students

 4.5% require students take internship courses

 The rest offer a course for management majors as an

elective course

Main

Main findings

(Cont)

1.2 Assessment methods

85% (141 schools): “pass/no pass” grading system

15% (25 schools): a letter grading

1.3 Prerequisite requirements Universities have prerequisites for internship courses

165 schools require a minimum GPA to register an internship course

The minimum GPA was 1.75

The maximum GPA 3.5

Most popular GPA is 2.5 (43%, 70 schools)

Main findings

(Cont)

1.3 Student survey results

CRITIQUING THE RESEARCH

CONCLUSION

ARTICLE 1: A SURVEY OF INTERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR MANAGEMENT

UNDERGRADUATES IN AACSB- ACCREDIATED INSTITIONS

Similarities

Differences

• Purpose

• Year of publication

• Place of

publication

• Methodology

Survey the current status of internship programs for Management undergraduate students and introduce a well-established internship programs

2012 USA Web search Questionnaire survey