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Impact of COVID-19 on the development of ’’Spain Internship’’ company’s remote internships
(2021)
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The objective of the thesis was to develop Spain Internship’s new programme of remote internships by using qualitative and quantitative research methods. It will help the company’s adaptability to COVID-19 situation and has a large advantage over competitors in the industry. In addition to that, it expands the company’s supply, and thereby increases the number of customers. Development task was presented by Spain Internship. The company wanted to know more information about the target markets’ (international students’) eagerness of taking a remote internship instead of ’’normal’’ internship abroad. They were interested how much money could the students pay for a remote internship. Further, the company needs to know what kind of documents the students need in their target countries. The target countries for Spain Internship are Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, The Netherlands, France and Croatia. The knowledge base consists of topics that are beneficial for the company’s continuous developing. It has theory about company operations during crisis situation, telecommuting, cross-cultural communication, developing company’s services, research process and its’ methods. As mentioned above, the methods were quantitative and qualitative research. More specifically, they were a survey and interview directed at students, with the aim of answering the problem questions desired by the company in the broadest and most analytical way possible. 40 international students responded to the survey, and one from each target country participated in the interviews. The most significant difference in the results of working abroad and telecommuting internationally was that 82.5% of students responded that they were either interested or very interested in working abroad. In telecommuting, the corresponding percentage was 72.5%. 12,5% of students would pay over 500€ to have an internship abroad, whereas only 2,5% would pay the same amount for a remote internship. Interviews showed that in a large number of target countries, only a learning agreement or a work placement agreement is needed for teleworking. All in all, this thesis gives the reader a broad understanding of the differences between teleworking and internships abroad from the perspective of students from different European countries....
The objective of the thesis was to develop Spain Internship’s new programme of remote internships by using qualitative and quantitative research methods. It will help the company’s adaptability to COVID-19 situation and has a large advantage over competitors in the industry. In addition to that, it expands the company’s supply, and thereby increases the number of customers. Development task was presented by Spain Internship. The company wanted to know more information about the target markets’ (international students’) eagerness of taking a remote internship instead of ’’normal’’ internship abroad. They were interested how much money could the students pay for a remote internship. Further, the company needs to know what kind of documents the students need in their target countries. The target countries for Spain Internship are Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, The Netherlands, France and Croatia. The knowledge base consists of topics that are beneficial for the company’s continuous developing. It has theory about company operations during crisis situation, telecommuting, cross-cultural communication, developing company’s services, research process and its’ methods. As mentioned above, the methods were quantitative and qualitative research. More specifically, they were a survey and interview directed at students, with the aim of answering the problem questions desired by the company in the broadest and most analytical way possible. 40 international students responded to the survey, and one from each target country participated in the interviews. The most significant difference in the results of working abroad and telecommuting internationally was that 82.5% of students responded that they were either interested or very interested in working abroad. In telecommuting, the corresponding percentage was 72.5%. 12,5% of students would pay over 500€ to have an internship abroad, whereas only 2,5% would pay the same amount for a remote internship. Interviews showed that in a large number of target countries, only a learning agreement or a work placement agreement is needed for teleworking. All in all, this thesis gives the reader a broad understanding of the differences between teleworking and internships abroad from the perspective of students from different European countries....