...Helen Poltimäe; Kärt Rõigas; Anneli Lorenz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify how different factors of antecedents and processes affect the outcomes of an internship, measured in terms of competency development. Design/methodology/approach The authors used an internship...

... of this study was to understand the competency level, training need and the role of training to business survival. Design/methodology/approach This study examined the training needs of youth engaged in self-employment and validated its role in sustainable business performance using primary data...

.../implications An important limitation of the present research is that it estimates the effects of student employment over a rather short-term period by using data on employment just after graduation and only starting salaries. These findings evoke the need for further study of graduate competencies...