Title: Structural equation modelling analysis for internship satisfaction of Vietnam business students

Authors: Van-Quy Le; Vinh-Long Tran-Chi

Addresses: Faculty of Business Administration, University of Finance-Marketing, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ' Faculty of Psychology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Abstract: Business internship is helpful for students' learning and career preparation. However, there is no report using structural equation modelling to analyse the relationship between the internship satisfaction and the students' learning in Vietnam. Business students (male: 222, female: 74) were sampled from University of Finance and Marketing. Forty-three question items were drawn from ten popular questionnaires. However, four of the factors are not significantly related to the internship satisfaction including university support, academic supervisor, student's knowledge, and student's attitude; two of the factors are significantly related to the internship satisfaction including student's skills and host company's support. This result suggests that students with good learning skills expect higher level of training program from the competitive company. It also suggests that characteristics of the host company's support are good predictors of internship satisfaction.

Keywords: business education; internship satisfaction; IS; students; Vietnam.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEED.2019.100665

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2019 Vol.10 No.3, pp.258 - 275

Received: 28 May 2018
Accepted: 10 Dec 2018
Published online: 06 Jul 2019 *

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