Abstract
Today, Japanese young people are said to have a lot of problems with their work. They, for example, tend to quit their jobs easily and work part-time only. The internship program has widely been seen as one of the possible solutions for these problems. The purpose of this paper is to point out the influence of internship on student interns' view of work. The research consists of interviews with 57 students who took part in an internship program by the Consortium of Universities in Kyoto. The main results of the empirical research are as follows: 1. In the internship program, students learn how important the “quality” of jobs is and they get a clearer view of work or jobs 2. Consequently, most of them find that it is possible to have a pleasure in work. 3. They tend to have a pleasure in work when they do the work which they prefer. The research also suggests the importance of the communication between student interns and workers in the companies to which students are assigned. The more closely students interns communicate with workers, it is more likely that they develop a positive view of work.
