外国人留学生のインターンシップ参加を通したキャリア探索

抄録

This study examines the career exploration of non-Japanese undergraduate students during the internship experience in Japanese enterprises in order to ascertain abilities a university education should, of necessity, provide the non-Japanese student for global human resource development. First, the author analyzed change in choice of occupation before and after internship of both non-Japanese and Japanese students; second, the author explored the similarities and differences between non-Japanese students and Japanese students with respect to factors affecting change in career choice. Taking a case study approach, a semi-structured interview between student and researcher was conducted based on a daily journal written by the intern during the internship experience. Results suggest that non-Japanese and Japanese interns experienced four different types of possible change in career choice. The study also indicates that differences in how the interns arrived at their career decisions could be attributed to: 1) information quantity and quality on the Japanese enterprises, 2) development of human relations, 3) the existence (or lack thereof) of a role-model in the workplace, and 4) student communicative ability in Japanese.