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- Title
The influence of values on supervisors' satisfaction with co-op student employees.
- Authors
NEVISON, COLLEEN; CORMIER, LAUREN; PRETTI, T. JUDENE; DREWERY, DAVID
- Abstract
While a growing body of literature in cooperative education (co-op) has seen an increased focus on what makes for a quality work term for the student, few studies investigate the satisfaction of the co-op supervisor. This paper seeks to address how supervisors perceive the role of the co-op student in the workplace and understand how these values influence satisfaction with a hired co-op student. A self-report survey was sent to supervisors who had hired co-op students from one Canadian academic institution. The results showed a significant correlation between attributes valued by the supervisor and supervisor rating of the student when those attributes were exhibited; however, this was only the case after the attributes were weighted for importance. The results demonstrate the importance of expectations in influencing satisfaction and reinforce the need for preparation of the student for the workterm, a clear alignment of expectations between the student and supervisor, and the value of onboarding in creating a successful work term.
- Subjects
WORK values; SCHOOL supervisors; COOPERATIVE education
- Publication
International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2018, Vol 19, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2538-1032
- Publication type
Article