Perceived Quality of Internships and Employability Perceptions: The Mediating Role of Career-Entry Worries

Autor/inn/en	Ebner, Katharina; Soucek, Roman; Selenko, Eva
Titel	Perceived Quality of Internships and Employability Perceptions: The Mediating Role of Career-Entry Worries
Quelle	In: Education & Training, 63 (2021) 4, S.579-596 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-0912
DOI	10.1108/ET-02-2020-0037
Schlagwörter	Internship Programs; Program Effectiveness; Employment Potential; Anxiety; Job Security; Job Applicants; Labor Market; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Work Experience; Career Development; Correlation; Student Attitudes; Self Efficacy; Entry Workers; Foreign Countries; Germany; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Angst; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Bewerber; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Berufsentwicklung; Korrelation; Schülerverhalten; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausland; Deutschland; Schweiz
Abstract	Purpose: This study illuminates the assumption that internships facilitate labor market entry and answers the question of why internships have a positive effect on students' self-perceived employability. It is assumed that internships enable more positive employability perceptions by reducing career-entry worries -- the worries of not finding a suitable job or not being able to obtain a satisfactory career. Design/methodology/approach: A two-wave study among graduate students currently in an internship investigated these relationships. Data on career-entry worries, perceived employability and an evaluation of the internship were collected from 80 students (mean age: 24.6 years, 68% female) from various fields of study aiming at both bachelor's and master's degrees. Findings: The results showed that positively evaluated internships contributed to graduates' self-perceived employability by means of reduced career-entry worries over an eight-week period. Originality/value: By considering graduates' career-entry worries -- the perceived uncertainty about finding an "appropriate" career in the future -- the authors introduce a new concept to the career literature and show that these worries are significant in terms of self-assessed employability. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01