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The Quality of Internship Programs in Romania. The Employers’ Perspective

In: Digital Economy and the Green Revolution

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  • Mihaela Covrig

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Simona Irina Goia (Agoston)

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Ramona Ștefania Igreț

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Cristian Virgil Marinaș

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Ana Alexandra Olariu

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Monica Roman

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

Abstract

Higher education institutions are under continuous pressure of creating new skills and competencies of their students and graduates in order to increase their adaptability to the labor market. In the context of a mismatch between the labor market’s needs and graduates’ abilities in Romania, the role of various methods and practices deployed by universities and their stakeholders, aiming at addressing the aforementioned objective gains momentum. Internships, as tools of developing these competences and fostering students’ employability, are investigated in this paper through the lenses of the representatives of the business environment. The paper presents the perspective of Romanian employers upon the characteristics and quality of the internships programs, recently implemented in their organizations. As our study is an exploratory one, the research question is mainly descriptive and it interrogates the factors that contributed to the internship programs success. Using an online distributed questionnaire, containing both open and closed-ended questions, the employers were asked about different aspects related to the internships, including the factors that contributed to the success of the internship program. The results show that most of the respondents have a favorable opinion regarding the internship programs and their added value is clearly acknowledged by all stakeholders.

Suggested Citation

  • Mihaela Covrig & Simona Irina Goia (Agoston) & Ramona Ștefania Igreț & Cristian Virgil Marinaș & Ana Alexandra Olariu & Monica Roman, 2023. "The Quality of Internship Programs in Romania. The Employers’ Perspective," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Mihail Busu (ed.), Digital Economy and the Green Revolution, pages 93-106, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-031-19886-1_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19886-1_7
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