To Discuss What Factors Should Companies Focus on in Order to Increase Internship Satisfaction

TO DISCUSS WHAT FACTORS SHOULD COMPANIES FOCUS ON IN ORDER TO INCREASE INTERNSHIP SATISFACTION

        COURSE TITLE

Business Research Methods

SECTION

14

COURSE CODE

BUS3023

LECTURER

Dr. Zhe-Hua HU

MAJOR

Management of Human Resources

Group Members

1430015002     Cao Xingyi     (Stella)

1430015004     Chen Meiling   (Sarah)

1430015013      Gou Jian      (David)

1430015054   Zheng Zhuangxin  (Sophia)

Date

2017/05/11

contents

ABSTRACT        2

INTRODUCTION        3

LITERATURE REVEW        4

Job Satisfaction        4

Internship Satisfaction        6

Induction and Integration of These Dimension        7

HYPOTHESIS        8

METHODOLOGY        8

RESULT        10

DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION        14

CONCLUSION        16

Summary        16

Impact        17

Further Research        17

REFERENCE        19

Appendix        22

ABSTRACT

The present study is to discuss what factors should company focus on in order to increase internship satisfaction. It uses a quantitative approach to investigate college students’ satisfaction level toward their internship as well as identify the underlying factors of their overall satisfaction.

An online questionnaire will be designed according to the four hypotheses factors. The questionnaire focuses on four-point scale, including eight variables to investigate participants. The four-point scale refers to the following four hypotheses. The detail dimensions job itself offers influence related to the internship job satisfaction positively. The perceived quality of the supervisor influence related to the internship job satisfaction positively. Pay and welfare influence related to the internship job satisfaction positively. Peer relationship influence related to the internship job satisfaction positively.  The eight variables refer to self-development and promotion, job security, job stress/workload, communication with supervisor, perceived leadership and capability, pay, benefit/welfare, and relation with co-workers. By measuring these eight variables to find the degrees of how these four main factors influencing internships.