Connectivity between work ethics and life skills during internship in bridging the  satisfaction gap among diploma students

Maria Shu Hong Bee Abdullah

Abstract

The connectivity between work skills or work ethics and life skills is an important factor in fulfilling the ‘satisfaction gap’ as well as having a major impact on the success of internships of diploma students undergoing industrial trainings. This paper will highlight the definition of internships, the purpose and importance of work ethics and life skills and its bridge between them that creates one connection between students’ academic majors and future careers. In many cases, it is through internships where attributes are enhanced, interests are developed, and talents are identified experientially. The uniqueness of internship serves different purposes to different students which ultimately provides a high impact learning experience and practice for students of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI).

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