BANKING ACADEMY OF VIETNAM FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ------------- GRADUATION THESIS AN INVESTIGATION INTO INTERNSHIP SATISFACTION AMONG SENIOR ENGLISH-MAJOR UNDERGRADUATES AT BANKING ACADEMY OF VIETNAM Student : Phung Thi Tuyet Class : K21ATCA Academic Year : 2018-2022 Student ID : 21A7510143 Instructor : Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang (MA) Hanoi, May 2022 17014125837691000000 DECLARATIONS I hereby declare that this research is completely my own and this work has not been previously submitted and approved for a degree at the Banking Academy of Vietnam or any other higher educational institutions. This dissertation is copyright material, from which no quotation may be published without appropriate acknowledgement. Hanoi, 24th May 2022 Signature Phung Thi Tuyet i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Without the help and support of a number of people, this dissertation would not have been able to be completed.
I would like to take this occasion to show my gratitude and appreciation to all that assisted me in this research. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my respected supervisor, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang (MA) for her detailed guidance and insightful feedback for me throughout my dissertation. Her invaluable expertise pushed me to sharpen my thinking, drove me to excel for the best and helped me to develop as a researcher.
The profound belief that she had in my work was a great source of motivation. I would also wish to thank the lecturers Ms. Tran Thi Thu Thuy, Ms. Tran Ngoc Hang, Ms.
Dinh Thi Kieu Trinh and Ms. Pham Thi Ngoc Anh for their assistance and encouragement. They took out their precious time to answer my questions and gave me words of support. Many thanks are due to 137 participants who lent breadth and value to the research findings.
Their participation played a decisive role in this dissertation. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to my dearest friend Nguyen Thi Kim Lien. She never wavered in their support and always believed in my abilities. Her constant encouragement and unrelenting support were much needed and appreciated.
Last but not least, from the bottom of my heart, I am grateful to my family. My parents were always there by my side through ups and downs. They had also been the driving forces that encouraged and motivated me all along. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATIONS.
ii TABLE OF CONTENTS. iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.v LIST OF TABLES .vi LIST OF FIGURES. viii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION. Rationale of study.
Significance of study. Scope of study. Structure of study .2 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW. Definition of Internship.
Characteristics of Internship. Structure of Internship. Benefits of Internship. Challenges of Internship.
Definition of internship satisfaction. Factors Contributing to Internship Satisfaction. Proposed Theoretical Framework .18 CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .1 Locale of the study .4 Data collection procedure .5 Data processing method. Exploratory Factor Analysis.
Multivariate regression analysis .24 CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. Scale Reliability Testing .4 Exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Exploratory factor analysis. Final Research Model .42 CHAPTER V: SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS, IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
Summary of the Findings. Implications for host companies. Recommendations for further research .56 iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations Meanings ATC English-major students at Banking Academy of Vietnam CF Contextual Factors EFA Exploratory Factor Analysis IF Individual Factors IS Internship Satisfaction JC Job Characteristics OE Organizational Environment SPSS Statistical Package for Social Sciences US University Support v LIST OF TABLES Table 3. Numbers of final year ATC students.
Profile of Respondents (N=137). KMO and Bartlett's Test. Total Variance Explained. Result of EFA (independent variables).
KMO and Bartlett's Test (dependent variable). Total Variance Explained. Total Variance Explained.40 vi LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Job Characteristics Model – Hackman/Oldham.
Proposed Theoretical Framework (Extracted from the study of Hussien & La Lopa (2018). Final Research Model .42 vii ABSTRACT Title: An Investigation Into Internship Satisfaction Among Senior English-Major Undergraduates At Banking Academy Of Vietnam Author: Phung Thi Tuyet, a fourth-year student of Faculty of Foreign Languages at Banking Academy of Vietnam.