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