Daroon Faridun. ABDULLA1, Othman Kareem. MAHMOOD1,
Ava Omar FATAH2
1Department of Business management, College of Administration and Economics,
University of Sulaimani
2Department of Marketing Management, College of Administration and Economics,
University of Sulaimani
Correspondence Author: [email protected]
DOI: 10.23918/ICABEP2023p23
Abstract:
The current study aims to evaluate the performance of students who are participating in summer internship program for three months from the perspective of local and international private companies in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. An analytical Descriptive method was applied and Mix method was employed through questionnaire and interview to collect the data. The population consists of all the supervisors in (64) private companies who are doing their business in KRG, as well as the sampling includes (185) supervisors. In general, the results survey show that students have the ability to learn more practically, work with different background, dependability on themselves, commitment with their job and time, having a positive attitude to work as well as satisfied with their internship experience. On the other hand, the result from the interview illustrates that most traits that helps the student’s advancement are work seriously and respect the laws and instructions of the company, as well as adhere to working hours. In addition, it has been mentioned that most of students have improved their interpersonal skills in terms of communication, teamwork, make decision, Time management, solving problems and Leadership. The value of the current study can be recognized as this study was conducted in in the various (local and international) companies with different sectors such as (Telecommunication, construction, Healthcare, universities, foods, Bank). In addition, this is considered to be the second study which is accompanied in term of summer internship program in Kurdistan as well as Iraq after the study of Abdulla et al., 2019. Moreover, this study benefits both companies and universities at the same time.
Keywords: Summer ininternship program, Ability to learn ,Dependability, career development, Quality of Work, soft skills.
ICABEP2023
5th International Conference on Accounting, Business, Economics and Politics
Organized by
Tishk International University, College of Administration and Economics, Salahaddin University-Erbil, and
University of Szczecin, Poland.
