Trends in Industry Supervisors’ Feedback On Business Communication Internships

The purpose of this empirical study is to explore expectations of industry insiders and identify how student interns are performing in relation to those expectations as defined by 11 performance areas. The results of a survey of 238 industry supervisors were collected over a 5-year period in the dep...

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Published in:Business communication quarterly 2009-09, Vol.72 (3), p.274-288
Main Authors: Sapp, David Alan, Zhang, Qin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business Communication
China
College Students
Communication
Communication Skills
Education Work Relationship
Employees
Expectation
Feedback (Response)
Foreign Countries
Industry
Internship Programs
Internships
Job Performance
Job Skills
Private Colleges
Speech Communication
Supervisors
Writing Skills
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Summary:The purpose of this empirical study is to explore expectations of industry insiders and identify how student interns are performing in relation to those expectations as defined by 11 performance areas. The results of a survey of 238 industry supervisors were collected over a 5-year period in the departments of English and communication at a private university in the Northeast. While the results suggest that student interns tend to meet their supervisors’ expectations in many areas, performance categories such as initiative, writing skills, and oral communication skills require increased attention in the ways we prepare students for their internships and post-graduation employment and, perhaps, the ways we help onsite supervisors develop expectations for and evaluate our interns.
ISSN:1080-5699
2329-4906
1552-4191
2329-4922
DOI:10.1177/1080569909336450