The role of mentorship in the retention of graduate interns.
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Date
2013
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Alternation Journal
Abstract
The objective of the research was to determine whether mentorship, as part
of a graduate internship programme, contributed to the retention of graduate
interns in a South African Information Communication and Technology (ICT) company. A Mentorship role survey and Retention survey were administered among a purposive selected sample of graduate interns (N=79)
and mentors (N=39). Results showed that mentorship was statistically
significantly related to the graduate intern’s intention to quit the graduate
internship programme. Results further showed a practically significant relationship between the opportunity to apply mentorship skills and the mentor’s intention to employ the graduate intern upon completion of the
programme.
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Keywords
Mentorship, Graduate interns, Employability, Graduate internship programmes, Work Integrated Learning, Intention to quit
Citation
Pop, C., Swanepoel, S., & Barkhuizen, N. (2013). The role of mentorship in the retention of graduate interns. Alternation, 8, 86-106.