An Exploratory Study of the Effect of Professional Internships on Students’ Perception of the Importance of Employment Traits

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-110

  Green, Brian Patrick ^a   Graybeal, Patricia ^a   Madison, Roland L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

employers; hiring traits; internship; interviews; student perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879615667     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832323.2010.480992     Document Type: Article

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