Engineering Students’ Industrial Internship Experience Perception and Satisfaction
Work Experience Scale Validation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22047700 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teresa Nogueira (0000-0002-0059-5177, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, corresponding author), José Magano (0000-0003-2835-3169, Autonomous University of Lisbon), Eunice Fontão (0000-0003-3304-7967, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies), Marina Sousa (0000-0002-8553-9851, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies), Ângela Leite (0000-0003-0560-1756, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 671 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2227-7102 • E-ISSN: 2227-7102 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/educsci11110671 |
| OpenAlex | W3206268497 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 43 |
An essential aspect of higher education institutions’ academic curricula for engineering courses is the students’ industrial internship programs. In the literature, it is well accepted that such programs provide valuable learning outcomes and increase the graduates’ employment prospects. Thus, it is paramount to evaluate the internship programs’ quality to identify opportunities to improve their design and implementation. However, that evaluation typically depends on self-designed academic assessment surveys of questionable validity. The purpose of this paper is to assess engineering students’ perceptions of their internship experiences. For that purpose, the validation of a recently adapted version of the Work Experience Questionnaire (WEQ) was carried out on a sample of 447 engineering students that participated in industrial internship programs offered by Portuguese public universities and polytechnic schools. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to confirm the suitability of the model proposed by the WEQ’s authors on this study’s sample. The psychometric qualities were evaluated through convergent and discriminant validity. The results showed that the model fit the sample well, and convergent and discriminant validity was established. The general competencies subscale was the most important for the participants—specifically, the competency of solving problems. Differences concerning the WEQ and gender, company size, and compensation were found and discussed. This study provides researchers in the field with a new tool validated explicitly for engineering students
Confirmatory factor analysis · Construct validity · Convergent validity · Curriculum · Discriminant validity · Engineering education · Engineering management · Internship · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Perception · Portuguese · Psychometrics · Structural equation modeling · Work experience · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Engineering · Engineering Education and Curriculum Development · Higher Education and Employability · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |