The relationship between big five personality, academic performance and internship learning outcome

Ki Yok, Alissa (2020) The relationship between big five personality, academic performance and internship learning outcome. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The industry's requirement for graduates of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) reflects increasingly complex, dynamic and competitive trends. This challenge is a catalyst for high education students to provide themselves with high skills and competencies that will meet the needs of the industry once they enter the workforce. To achieve this goal, university-industry collaboration through industry training program initiatives was created as a strategic collaboration in exposing HEIs to real work situations, so that they can identify the level of their knowledge, thinking and actions in line with industry players in the field. However, the Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship (FPTT), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) faces challenges in producing high impact of industrial training programs especially to provide students with high academic performance and characteristic before they enter industrial training programs. Therefore, this study aims to study the relationship of the big five personality, academic performance and internship learning outcomes. A total of 144 Bachelor of Technology Management (High Technology Marketing (BTMM)) and Bachelor of Technology Management (Technology Innovation (BTMI)) students from 2015/2016 FPTT, UTeM group who underwent industry training in the third year (Semester 6) 2018/2019 were selected as respondent. Questionnaires are a major research tool for data collection. The analysis method used was linear regression analysis for hypothesis testing through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results show that there is a significant relationship between the personality dimensions of extraversion and the internship learning outcomes which are personal, interpersonal, academic, employment, and civic. It is believed that this research paper will beneficial to the industry practitioners and academics for future reference.

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