Getting the most from mba internships: Promoting intern learning and job acceptance

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-22

  Beenen, Gerard ^a   Mrousseau, Denise M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Goal clarity; Job acceptance intentions; Learning; MBA internships

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952077980     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20331     Document Type: Article

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