The influence of emotional intelligence on internships in higher Education

  1. Ramírez-Hurtado, José M. 1
  2. González-Zamora, María del Mar 2
  3. Vazquez-Cano, Esteban 3
  1. 1 Faculty of Business, Pablo de Olavide University (España)
  2. 2 Faculty of Tourism and Finance, University of Sevilla (España)
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (España)
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Journal:
Revista complutense de educación

ISSN: 1130-2496,  1988-2793

Year of publication: 2022

Volume: 33

Issue: 2

Pages: 289-300

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/RCED.74221 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Las prácticas consisten en trabajos temporales que brindan experiencia en tiempo real a los estudiantes. Estas prácticas son especialmente valoradas no solo por los estudiantes, sino también por el profesorado y las empresas. A pesar de la importancia y el crecimiento de los programas de prácticas profesionales en la educación superior, no se ha estudiado suficientemente la influencia de la Inteligencia Emocional (IE) en estos programas. Este estudio pretende abordar esta carencia por medio del análisis de la relación del efecto de la IE con en el periodo de prácticas, la empleabilidad y la satisfacción de los estudiantes. Para este propósito se diseñó un cuestionario que fue enviado de modo online a estudiantes de dos universidades españolas. Para ello, se aplicó un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales a una muestra de 240 estudiantes. Los resultados indican que la IE influye directamente en las prácticas de los estudiantes universitarios. Los resultados también nos permiten afirmar que la IE tiene una influencia indirecta en la mejora de la empleabilidad y en el nivel de satisfacción de los estudiantes con las prácticas. Estos hallazgos pueden ayudar a universidades, profesorado, facultades y a las empresas anfitrionas a mejorar el diseño de los programas de prácticas en la educación superior.

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