Retailers group offers internships to students by Wong, Wei-Shen

“…PETALING JAYA: Malaysian RetailerChains Association (MRCA) is offering 8,000 internships to students at its members' outlets. …”
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Virtual internship programme: A curriculum innovation by Khairudin, Norhaiza, Abdul Hamid, Mohd Noor, Ibrahim, Marhaiza, Salleh, Danilah

“…Virtual internship programme allows students to obtain real-world work experience in a business environment anytime, anyplace, and at any pace. …”
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An optimum of the assignment problem in choosing internship companies among STML students by Mat Isa, Siti Mariam, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan

“…The results show that mathematical programming model can be used to assign students to companies for internship based on their preferences.…”
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Internship and audit expectation gap among undergraduate students in Universiti Utara Malaysia by Md Ali, Azham, Lee, Teck Heang, Mohamad, Rosli, Ojo, Marianne

“…The accounting profession has long faced the issue of an audit expectation gap: being the gap between the quality of the profession's performance,its objectives and results, and that which the society expects.Studies have been carried out worldwide to determine the effect of education in narrowing the audit expectation gap.Extending the knowledge acquired, this paper investigates whether intership program could reduce the audit expectation gap in Malaysia.Using a pre-post method, the research instrument adapted from Ferguson el al. (2000) is administered to the UUM's accounting students before and after completing an internship program.The results show a significant change in their perceptions after the internship program.However changes in perceptions may not warrant an internship program as a means of reducing the audit expectation gap as misperceptions abaut the duties of auditors for fraud prevention and detection are still found among respondents. …”
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Exploring internship readiness among final year students in university: A case study by Misiran, Masnita, Md Yusof, Zahayu, Mahmuddin, Massudi, Yasin, Azman

“…This article describes statistical study of internship readiness among final year student in UUMCAS.The objective of this study is to explore factors that influence student's readiness to enter internship program.Primary data were collected by distributing direct questionnaire to a hundred and ninety four final semester students in UUM CAS, UUM Malaysia.A factor analysis yielded three factors, which are university experiences, employment preparation and internship presumption.…”
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An application of importance satisfaction analysis (ISA) method in improving the internship programme for Malaysia Higher Learning Institution by Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Shukri, Ahad, Nor Aishah, Jamil, Jastini, Zulkifli, Malina, Md Yusof, Zahayu

“…Nowadays most of the university students are required to undergo internship as a requirement before graduation.Internship is very important for students to practice what they have learned in the classroom.During internship students are exposed to the actual situation of how to deal with customers and suppliers which can provide added value to the students.In the choice of company for internship, students also consider a number of things such as internship allowances, work environment, interesting work, stable work shift and other fridge benefits.Study on the importance and satisfaction of students is important to improve the internship program.Importance means how students feel important to the attributes and satisfaction means how students feel after undergoing internship.The aim of this study is to investigate the gaps between students’ important and satisfaction on the internship programme and to identify the internship experience factors that need to be improved.Gap analysis has been used to show the difference between how important attributes are to the studentss and how satisfied they are with those attributes. …”

The moderating effect on an internship programme on the relationship between motivational factors and students` carrier decision in the hospitality industry in China by Zhang, Hui, Rashid, Basri, Mohammed, Abdul Alem

“…This study contributes literature by clarifying the relationship between two motivational factors and students’ career decisions as well as by determining the moderating effect of an internship programmer on such relationship.…”

Exploring The Impact of Internship Experiences on Students’ Personal and Professional Development Through the Lens of Chickering’s Identity Development Theory by Amin, Umme Umaimah, Nordin, Norhafizi, Hashim, Mohamad Syafiqi, Hasbullah, Siti Aminah

“…Hence, this study aims to explore the impact of internship programs on the personal and professional development of Hospitality and Risk Management and Insurance students in Universiti Utara Malaysia. …”
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Exploring Hospitality Students’ Expectation for Internship Placement During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Universiti Utara Malaysia Students by Abdul Razak, Roshita, Rashid Radha, Jasmine Zea Raziah Radha, Ahmad, Rozila

“…The findings revealed problems faced by hospitality students when securing their internship placements. This paper offers some practical suggestions for the department in charge of internship placements to be more informed about the challenges faced by the students. …”
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Assessing generation y readiness to meet job demand: A case study of internship students at large government invested company by Md Akhir, Romiza, Omar, Mohd Misron, Awadz, Azlina Shaikh, Abdul Hamid, Noor Raihan

“…This paper will discuss the survey that was carried out in Large Government Invested Company.Every year, the organization accepted more than 100 internship student placement ranging from various public and private higher learning institutions (HLI) in the country. …”
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The moderating influence of internship program on the relationship between undergraduates' perception and their intention to join tourism and hospitality industry: A theoretical model by Mohammed, Abdul Alem, Rashid, Basri

“…However, in the current tourism and hospitality industry, the top challenge lies in the attraction and retention of qualified and skilled employees and a great proportion of the graduates fail to enter the industry.It is therefore important to provide a value conceptual model that expounds on the theoretical relationships existing between the perceptions of undergraduate students and their intention to join the industry.This study contributes to literature by clarifying the perceptions of students-intention to join the industry relationship and by determining the moderating influence of the internship program on such relationship.…”
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Keberkesanan program “corporate smart internship” (CSI) Jabatan Penjara Malaysia untuk orang di selia (ODS) di Lypometal Sdn. Bhd. by Mohamad, Nurul Najwa, Noordin, Alminnourliza

“…Kajian ini bertujuan untuk melihat keberkesanan program “Corporate Smart Internship” (CSI) Jabatan Penjara Malaysia untuk Orang Di Selia (ODS) di Lypometal Sdn. …”
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Practical training and the audit expectations gap: The case of accounting undergraduates of Universiti Utara Malaysia by Md. Ali, Azham, Lee, Teck Heang, Mohamad, Rosli, Mohamad Yusof, Nor Zalina, Ojo, Marianne

“…However, changes in perceptions do not warrant an internship program as a means of reducing the audit expectation gap as misperceptions are still found among respondents on issues of auditing after the completion of the internship program. …”
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Pelajar UUM jadi perunding syarikat by Berita, Harian

“…Sintok: Kumpulan Ambassador Consultant daripada Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) menjadi perunding bagi syarikat pembekal bingkai gambar, Ndesign, menerusi program SME-University Internship.…”
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The audit expectations gap: mitigating information asymmetries and corporate social responsibility as a signaling device by Ojo, Marianne, Ali, Azham, Lee, Teck Heang, Mohamad, Rosli, Mohamad Yusof, Nor Zalina

“…As well as demonstrating that changes in perceptions do not warrant an internship program as a means of reducing the audit expectations gap as misperceptions are still found among respondents on issues of auditing after the completion of the internship program, this chapter will seek to demonstrate why Corporate Social Responsibility endeavors which focus on the mitigation of information asymmetries between the management of an enterprise and local and international investors, also translates to effective corporate social responsibility reporting – in the sense that the engagement of stakeholders - facilitated primarily through legal and ethical responsibilities, ultimately results in the realization of economic and philanthropic responsibilities.From an economic perspective, the mitigation of information asymmetries and systemic risks, without doubt, constitutes the most important of rationales or other objectives that could be presented.…”

The effect of high impact entrepreneurship educational practices (HIEEP) on entrepreneurial self-employment among business school students by Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam, Nadarajah, Gunalan, Aremu, Adejare Yusuff

“…Main Findings: The most important findings were as follows: HIEEPs namely Entrepreneurship Internship Program, Business Incubation Program, and Entrepreneurial Supportive Environment have a significant impact on the Entrepreneurial Self-Employment among business school students. …”
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Lima mahasiswa UUM bantu usahawan PKS by Utusan, Malaysia

“…KUBANG PASU 12 MEI - Lima mahasiswa Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) menubuhkan syarikat Golden Premium Consulting (GPC) melalui pembabitan mereka dalam Program SME-University Internship 2015 untuk membantu syarikat perusahaan kecil dan sederhana (PKS) di negeri ini, Prowheels (M) Sdn.Bhd.…”
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Setia Haruman embarks on up-skilling of graduates to boost Cyberjaya's attractiveness by New Sabah Times English, (KK)

“…CYBERJAYA: An intensive internship programme is now underway in Cybeijaya after a series of dialogues between several multinational corporations (MNCs) operating here and Setia Haruman Sdn Bhd (SHSB), the master developer of the country's leading ICT hub, following assertions that there could be a 'mismatch' in the knowledge and skills of graduates produced by local universities and what the MNCs require from them in the work environment.…”
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Knowledge of auditors' existing duties among Malaysian accounting undergraduates by Harun Rasit, Mohd Hadzrami, Ibrahim, Mohammad Azhar, Danila, Raudah, Amran, Noor Afza, Ghazali, Mohamad Zulkurnai

“…Knowledge on auditors' existing duties is important for its contribution towards reducing the audit expectation gap (AEG).AEG is critical to the auditing profession because the greater the gap from the point of a society, the lower is the credibility, earnings potential and prestige associated with the work of auditors.Previous studies suggest that the AEG can be narrowed by either a reduction in society’s expectations or an improvement in their perceived performance of auditors.It is significant to investigate the accounting students’ knowledge on auditors because majority of them, after graduating, will either join the public practices (auditor) or commercial organisation (financial statements user).The knowledge on auditors’ existing duties that students acquired at university will help the user of financial statements in particular, to better understand the duties of auditors.This study aims; firstly, to investigate the adequacy of knowledge on the auditors’ duties as defined by the Malaysian legislations and Malaysian Approved Standards on Auditing among Malaysian accounting students; and secondly, to determine any significant difference of such knowledge between those students who had and those who had not undergone the internship in audit firms.A questionnaire survey is distributed to 800 accounting students of public and private universities in Malaysia.It is found that students, on overall, have a sufficient knowledge on the auditors’ existing duties.Also, there is no significant difference on the knowledge of auditors’ existing duties between students who had undergone internship in audit firms and students who had not.The contributions of this paper are two-prongs.First, this is the first paper that determined the knowledge on the auditors’ existing duties among accounting students in the Malaysian universities.Second, this paper helps in identifying the area of auditors’ existing duties that accounting students are lacking.…”
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Career in hotel industry: Dilemma and challenges for muslims graduates by Rashid, Basri

“…The hotel industry has becoming one of the fast growing industries in Malaysia and the world.Around the globe, people from all walks of life and religious background enter this industry hoping to gain a promising career.Many Islamic or Muslim majority countries such as Malaysia, Maldives, The UAE, Turkey and so forth encourage the development of hotel industry in order to support tourism or tourism related activities.The hotel industry on the other hand is looking at ways to obtain a good source of workforce to sustain the increasingly challenging business environment.One of the ways is to recruit fresh graduates who have completed their internship/industrial placement program. They can be considered as trained or semi trained workforce since they are formally trained at relevant hotel/hospitality institutions thus having knowledge and skills required by the industry.Through the industrial placements program, students are exposed to the 'real life' experience of working in the industry.Therefore the program benefits in terms of preparing them for their future career.The hotel industry meanwhile would enjoy the advantage of having a pool of trained professionals to choose from.Nevertheless there seems to be some problems with this type of labour supply.A study on industrial placement program of graduates of a higher learning institution in Malaysia suggests that many graduates did not enter hotel job market due to certain negative experiences or had negative perceptions about this industry after undergone their industrial placements.Some may simply feel that it was hard to work in the industry, while others feel that the industry may not be suitable to them due to religious reasons.Thus, this paper discusses a number of issues related to challenges and dilemma faced by Muslim trainees which seem to impede them from joining the industry's future workforce.Issues related to aurat,praying times, alcohol and halal foods and drinks are deemed as significant in influencing their perception of joining the industry in the future.Information for this study was gathered from a number of internship trainees from a public university through series of interviews by phone, visits to the training sites as well as from trainees' reports. …”
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