Doctoral Dissertation Research: Intern Experiences and Pathways to Labor Market Entry

SES-1602772 Steven LopezCorey PechOhio State UniversityInternships已经成为工作培训中无处不在的组成部分。了解实习生什么时候被剥削，什么时候被重视，对于了解进入劳动力市场至关重要。以往的实习研究集中在行业案例研究。本论文是第一次对专业和实习地点进行比较研究，以解决这样一个问题--在什么情况下实习是不稳定的工作，在什么情况下实习是职业生涯的垫脚石？ 提出这个问题适用于社会科学和国家关于经济的讨论，对政策制定者，公司和有关公民的突出问题发表意见。该项目将帮助个人和机构在利用实习机会方面做出更好的决定。本研究采用纵向访谈研究设计，包括两波访谈。 第一波是采访四个专业的大四学生，了解他们的实习情况。这些是商业/运营和物流;工业工程;英语;和通信。 第二波是一年后。这种设计将实习与大学专业和劳动力市场准入联系起来。这项研究对工作社会学、经济社会学和教育社会学都有贡献。工作的不稳定性和不安全性是工作社会学中一个经常讨论的话题。本研究将探讨实习生如何被雇主使用，以及他们的劳动过程对实习生的经验和成果的影响。从理论上讲，不那么不稳定的工作应该会增加劳动力市场的机会，但经济社会学认为，其他因素可能比实习内容更重要。这项研究将增加知识的非劳动过程的因素，如社交网络或与同事的社交，影响实习经验和成果。这一研究也可以为教育社会学做出贡献。竞争理论的劳动力市场进入，如专业是否建立人力资本或作为筛选设备将裁定本研究。

SES-1602772Steven LopezCorey PechOhio State UniversityInternships have become a ubiquitous component of job training. Gaining an understanding of when interns are exploited, and when they are valued, is essential to understanding labor market entry. Previous studies of internships focus on industry case studies. This dissertation is the first comparative study of majors and internship sites to address the question -- under what conditions are internships precarious work and under what conditions are they a stepping stone to a career? Answering this question has application to both the social sciences and national discourse about the economy, speaking to issues salient to policymakers, corporations, and a concerned citizenry. This project will help individuals and institutions make better decisions about utilizing internships. This study makes use of a longitudinal interview research design with two waves of interviews. Wave one involves interviewing college seniors in four majors about their internships. These are Business/Operations and Logistics; Industrial Engineering; English; and Communications. Wave two follows up one year later. This design links internship to college major and labor market entry. This study makes contributions to the sociology of work, economic sociology, and the sociology of education. Precarity and insecurity of work is a much-discussed topic in the sociology of work. This study will examine how interns are used by employers and the effects of their labor process on interns' experiences and outcomes. In theory less precarity should increase chances in the labor market, but economic sociology suggests other factors might be more important than the content of the internship. This study will add to knowledge on how non-labor process factor, such social networks or sociability with coworkers, affect internship experiences and outcomes. This study can also make contributions to the sociology of education. Competing theories on labor market entry such as whether majors build human capital or act as a screening device will be adjudicated by this research.