Student Work Readiness: Support from Internship Experience, Motivation and Work Environment
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https://doi.org/10.55927/fjmr.v4i6.276Keywords:
Internship Experience, Work Environment, Work Motivation, Work ReadinessAbstract
This study aims to identify and examine the influence of internship experience and work environment on work readiness, with work motivation serving as a mediating variable. A total of 98 students participated in this study from the Faculty of Business and Economics at the Islamic University of Indonesia. A quantitative approach was employed, using purposive sampling as the sampling technique. Data were collected through questionnaires distributed via Google Forms, and analyzed using SPSS. The findings indicate that internship experience has a favorable and significant impact on job preparedness. The work atmosphere is also positively and considerably influences work readiness. Additionally, both internship experience the work environment has a favorable and important impact on work motivation. Work motivation itself has a positive and significant effect on work readiness and serves as a mediating factor in the relationship between Internship experience and employment preparedness, as well as between work environment and work readiness.
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