http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/career Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:10:27 -0400 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:10:27 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/838/undergraduate-internship-expectations-strategic-encouragement-of-student-involvement By Margaret K. Burns - Internships supply undergraduates with work experience, networking potential, and opportunities to apply classroom content to career-oriented professions (D’Abate et al., 2009). Participation in an effective internship program benefits the undergraduate student, internship host, and community by professionally preparing undergraduates through mentored relationships. The current study examines undergraduate internship expectations with the goal of using our findings to encourage internship involvement. The Undergraduate Internship Expectations (UIE) survey was developed to collect self-report... Tue, 17 Dec 2013 04:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/838/undergraduate-internship-expectations-strategic-encouragement-of-student-involvement http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/53/beyond-the-9-to-5-finding-balance-between-work-and-life By Donna L. Rimmel - The most popular flexible options are those that involve the least change for both employers and employees.  Flextime and compressed work weeks, for example, call for the same number of hours, at the same workplace, as in traditional work arrangements (Sheley, 1994 & 1996).  For those who do not want drastic changes in their work schedules, your best options might include flexible scheduling, compressed workweeks, or compensatory time off.  Workers on these particular schedules—commonly called flextime arrangements, or “flex-time”—can alter start and... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:32 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/53/beyond-the-9-to-5-finding-balance-between-work-and-life