The Roles of Supervisor Care and Trust and Sense of Belonging in Promoting Internship Satisfaction

This study examines how relational aspects of the internship experience, namely students’ perceptions of a supervisor’s care and trust and students’ sense of belonging, factor into students’ satisfaction with their internship experience. We found that relational aspects impacted internship satisfac...

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Main Authors: Melinda K. Adams, Jody E. Jessup-Anger
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Language:English
Published: University of Calgary 2025-01-01
Series:Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal
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description This study examines how relational aspects of the internship experience, namely students’ perceptions of a supervisor’s care and trust and students’ sense of belonging, factor into students’ satisfaction with their internship experience. We found that relational aspects impacted internship satisfaction. Although students’ perceptions of a supervisor’s care and trust were not a significant predictor of satisfaction, their sense of belonging was significant. Further analysis pointed to opportunities to use career related skills and gain confidence to pursue future job opportunities as significant in building students’ sense of belonging.
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spelling doaj-art-70ea2e19ff1c4a068b764736e2fe5a312025-01-29T13:10:36ZengUniversity of CalgaryTeaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal2167-47792167-47872025-01-011310.20343/teachlearninqu.13.6The Roles of Supervisor Care and Trust and Sense of Belonging in Promoting Internship SatisfactionMelinda K. Adams0https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2586-0011Jody E. Jessup-Anger1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4635-5475University of the Incarnate WordMarquette University This study examines how relational aspects of the internship experience, namely students’ perceptions of a supervisor’s care and trust and students’ sense of belonging, factor into students’ satisfaction with their internship experience. We found that relational aspects impacted internship satisfaction. Although students’ perceptions of a supervisor’s care and trust were not a significant predictor of satisfaction, their sense of belonging was significant. Further analysis pointed to opportunities to use career related skills and gain confidence to pursue future job opportunities as significant in building students’ sense of belonging. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/78621internshipssense of belongingsupervisor trustfirst-generationwork-integrated learning
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first-generation
work-integrated learning
title The Roles of Supervisor Care and Trust and Sense of Belonging in Promoting Internship Satisfaction
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