Developing soft skills for management through virtual internships
Purpose: The objective of this research is to statistically contrast the initial level of students’ soft skills against the subsequent level after having completed a virtual internship. These online internships took place during the period of social distancing by COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodolo...
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| author | Xavier Sánchez-Pérez Manuel Soto Pérez Carlos López-Hernández |
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| description | Purpose: The objective of this research is to statistically contrast the initial level of students’ soft skills against the subsequent level after having completed a virtual internship. These online internships took place during the period of social distancing by COVID-19 pandemic.
Design/methodology: The methodology consisted of a pre-experimental pretest/post-test design with a single treatment group.
Findings: achievement orientation, planning and organization, stress management, decision-making, problem-solving and emotional intelligence skills increased significantly after completing the online internship. Practical Implications: the findings lend themselves useful to guide higher education institutions in updating their curricula to meet the demands of the labour market in terms of soft skills in the so-called new post-pandemic reality.
Originality/value: We provide evidence that virtual internships can have positive returns in terms of soft skills training. Previous studies were limited to recommending that internships be implemented on face-to-face mode. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8e6fa48ff304104ad97b2887c5b76462023-08-02T21:03:22ZengUniversidad de ConcepciónRAN0719-77130719-62452023-07-019215516810.29393/RAN9-11DHXC30011Developing soft skills for management through virtual internships Xavier Sánchez-Pérez0Manuel Soto Pérez 1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2298-2047Carlos López-Hernández 2Universidad PanamericanaUniversidad PanamericanaUniversidad PanamericanaPurpose: The objective of this research is to statistically contrast the initial level of students’ soft skills against the subsequent level after having completed a virtual internship. These online internships took place during the period of social distancing by COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology: The methodology consisted of a pre-experimental pretest/post-test design with a single treatment group. Findings: achievement orientation, planning and organization, stress management, decision-making, problem-solving and emotional intelligence skills increased significantly after completing the online internship. Practical Implications: the findings lend themselves useful to guide higher education institutions in updating their curricula to meet the demands of the labour market in terms of soft skills in the so-called new post-pandemic reality. Originality/value: We provide evidence that virtual internships can have positive returns in terms of soft skills training. Previous studies were limited to recommending that internships be implemented on face-to-face mode.https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/ran/article/view/9556covid-19soft skillsmanagement skillsonline educationpre-experimentpost-pandemicinternship |
| spellingShingle | Xavier Sánchez-Pérez Manuel Soto Pérez Carlos López-Hernández Developing soft skills for management through virtual internships RAN covid-19 soft skills management skills online education pre-experiment post-pandemic internship |
| title | Developing soft skills for management through virtual internships |
| title_full | Developing soft skills for management through virtual internships |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Developing soft skills for management through virtual internships |
| title_short | Developing soft skills for management through virtual internships |
| title_sort | developing soft skills for management through virtual internships |
| topic | covid-19 soft skills management skills online education pre-experiment post-pandemic internship |
| url | https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/ran/article/view/9556 |
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