Transferability of Organizational Theories: A Study of the Effect of Pay on Student’s Internship Dissatisfaction and on Perceived Learning as Mediated by Learning Motivation

Abstract

Most tertiary education curricula in the Philippines require students to undergo an internship or practicum for a specific time period. This study considered 87 responses to measure the effect of pay on the internship dissatisfaction and perceived learning of communication students. It was found through Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient that pay has a significant correlation with student internship dissatisfaction (r = .46) while pay has no significant correlation with perceived learning (r = .07). It was also found through the Goodman 2 Test that learning motivation is a significant mediator between pay and perceived learning. In addition, it was found through regression analyses that pay was a significant predictor of learning motivation. Using the same test, it was found that learning motivation is a significant predictor of perceived learning while pay proved to be otherwise. It is concluded that students are less dissatisfied after completing a paid internship as compared to an unpaid one; and that students’ perceived learning is not affected by the monetary compensation, or the lack thereof.