ERIC Number: EJ1369898
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0894-8453
EISSN: EISSN-1556-0856
Internship Experience and Organizational Attractiveness: A Realistic Job Fit Perspective
Sekiguchi, Tomoki; Mitate, Yoshitaka; Yang, Yunyue
Journal of Career Development, v50 n2 p353-371 Apr 2023
Although job seekers often rely on indirect or inaccurate information to assess the attractiveness of potential employers, internship experience provides more realistic and accurate information, which may influence organizational attractiveness. Through the ex-ante and ex-post (i.e., pre-internship and post-internship) research design with a sample of Japanese undergraduate students in a university-sponsored internship program, we found that, although organizational attractiveness on average declined after the internship, skill variety and feedback from employees in the internship job were positively related to perceived needs-supplies (NS) fit beyond the effect of its pre-internship level. The NS fit, in turn, was related to organizational attractiveness beyond the effect of its pre-internship level. Moreover, some of the above mediating effects were stronger for interns with high social skill and/or high self-esteem. Our findings highlight the importance of the effect of internships on college students' school-to-work transition.
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Employment Opportunities, Job Applicants, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Interpersonal Competence, Self Esteem, Education Work Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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