Cross-Cultural Undergraduate Internships: A Toolkit for Empowering the Next Generation

by Davide de Gennaro (Editor), Marco Marino (Editor)

Overview

Life-defining experiential learning opportunities, especially international ones, do not “just happen”: they are carefully and purposefully designed. Responding to the needs of institutions, businesses, and non-profits, Cross-Cultural Undergraduate Internships provides the critical know-how for designing, measuring, and assessing roles that can kickstart student growth and empowerment.

Featuring the Sant’Anna Institute, an Italian educational organization that offers study abroad programs in partnership with American universities, as a core case study, chapters showcase lived experiences to identify the characteristics that make an undergraduate cross-cultural internship useful for the development of both the individual and the organization. Advising on logistical considerations such as renumeration, evaluation, and duration, as well as exploring the broader impact and effectiveness of such programs, the authors propose a toolkit for institutions and organizations to design and evaluate undergraduate internships with a global reach that is in line with new needs in the world of work.

A breakthrough text for designing a complete and formative internship experience and for coaching students to consciously engage in intercultural environments, Cross-Cultural Undergraduate Internships provides a roadmap for crafting effective learning experiences that will shape the next generation of scholars, activists, and professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781804553572
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	08/18/2023
Series:	Emerald Points
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

Davide de Gennaro is Senior Assistant Professor of Organization Studies at University“Parthenope” of Naples, Italy, and Head of Department of Management and Marketing at Sant’Anna Institute, Italy.

Marco Marino is Vice President of Student Affairs at Sant’Anna Institute, Italy.

Table of Contents

Preface: A Look Forward to the Future of Internationalization; Richard Griffith
Section 1. Undergraduate International Internships
Chapter 1. Introduction: The New Professional and Personal Skills in the World of Work; Carol Del Vitto
Box 1.1. The Working World of Tomorrow; Camille Meyer
Chapter 2 . Advantages, Disadvantages, and Main Actors of Internships; Paola Cascinelli
Box 1.2. Intercultural Negotiation Student Simulation: The Case of The 3clab University of Salerno at Dubai EXPO 2020; Bice Della Piana
Chapter 3. What is an International Internship?; Erik Van ‘T Klooster
Box 1.3. Crossing Boundaries; Helen E. Higson
Chapter 4. The Evaluation of Undergraduate International Internships; Erik Van ‘T Klooster
Box 1.4. Intercultural Competence; Michael Byram
Chapter 5. International Internships: Designed for Impact; Jennifer A. Malerich
Box 1.5. Cross-Border Internships: The French Case; Eleonora Veglianti and Elisabetta Magnaghi
Chapter 6. Contract, Form, Duration, and Remuneration for International Internships; Michael E. Ozlanski
Box 1.6. Cross-Culturality: Q&A; Andrew L. Molinsky
Chapter 7. Mentoring in International Internships: Main Functions and Competencies; Luisa Varriale, Filomena Buonocore, and Filomena Riemma
Box 1.7. Facilitating Cultural Integration: The Case of Poland In 2022; Andrzej Piotrowski
Chapter 8. International Internships in the World of Work; Sigrid Berka
Box 1.8. Cultural Contamination and Cross-Culturalism: Two Sides of the Same Coin; Alessandra Ricciardelli
Chapter 9. International Internships and Professional Skills; Katarina R. I. Keller and Matthew C. Rousu
Box 1.9. International Internships: The Case of the Sigmund Weis School of Business at Susquehanna University; Katarina R. I. Keller and Matthew C. Rousu
Chapter 10. Development of Personal Skills (Evaluation); Iñaki Pérez-Ibáñez
Box 1.10. The Power of Multicultural Teams: A Concrete Example; Daniele Scollo
Chapter 11. Cultural Diversity in the Corporate World; Shima Mirzaei and Simona Mormile
Box 1.11. Accelerating Cross-Cultural Contamination: The Case of Startup Africa Roadtrip, A Program Improving The Cultural Intelligence of Future Entrepreneurs; Bianca Barone
Section 2. Sant’Anna Institute: A Case of Internship Excellence
Chapter 12. Sant’Anna Institute; Cristiana Panicco and Marco Marino
Box 2.1. Opportunities and Lifestyle: The Italian Dream; Alessandra D’Onofrio
Chapter 13. International Internship Program and Procedure; Caroline Victoria Amuro and Stefania Villani
Chapter 14. The Trainees Experience; Caroline Victoria Amuro
Section 3. A Toolkit for the Design and Measurement of International Internships
Chapter 15. Measuring Internships’ Effectiveness: The Organizational Perspective; Davide De Gennaro and Marco Marino
Chapter 16. The Three Stages of the Internship in Organizations; Marco Marino and Davide De Gennaro
Chapter 17. The Other Side of The Coin: The Most Critical Issues of the Internship for the Individual and the Organization; Marco Marino and Davide De Gennaro