Abstract—This paper is to explore the entrepreneurial
attitude and capacity of universities’ students that could be
cultivated and excited through off-campus internships program.
A questionnaire-based survey was conducted. There are three
types of separate questionnaire, for teachers, students, and
business staffs were designed. There were 165 questionnaires
delivered to teachers and 620 to students from 31 universities in
Taiwan. There were 98 valid questionnaires from teachers were
received, representing a valid response rate of 59.39%. There
were 370 valid questionnaires from students were returned,
representing a valid response rate of 59.67%. There were 60
questionnaires delivered to duty-free stores staffs and 52 valid
questionnaires returned, representing a valid response rate of
86.67%. The results show that respondents generally agree that
off-campus internships program can cultivate student’s
entrepreneurial attitude and excite their entrepreneurial
capacity. Finally, there are sevel recommendations
proposed.
Index Terms—Off-campus internship, entrepreneurial
capacity, entrepreneurship education, internship education.
Su Chang Chen is with the National Penghu University of Science and
Technology, Taiwan (e-mail: csc@gms.npu.edu.tw).
Hsi-Chi Hsiao is with the Cheng Shiu University, Taiwan (e-mail:
hsichihs@gmail.com).
Jen-Chia Chang is with the National Taipei University of Technology,
Taiwan (e-mail: jc5839@ntut.edu.tw).
Chun-Mei Chou is with the National Yunlin University of Science and
Technology, Taiwan (e-mail: choucm@yuntech.edu.tw).
Cite: Su-Chang Chen, Hsi-Chi Hsiao, Jen-Chia Chang, and Chun-Mei Chou, "The Affect of off-Campus Internships Program on Universities Student‘s Entrepreneurial Attitude and Capacity," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 449-455, 2017.