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This article aims to identify which factors enable the mutual adjustment of top managers of
small enterprises (SEs), frequently their owners, and interns (young college graduates) in their first
work experiences. Using latent segment models and data obtained from an archive database of an
internship program with complete information on both interns and SEs top managers (n = 102), the
categories of mutual adjustment between interns and SEs top managers were obtained: (1) mutual
adjustment corresponding to very satisfied SE top managers and interns, hired at the end of the
internship (75%); and (2) mutual maladjustment characterized by the dissatisfied SE top managers
and interns, resulting in no job creation (25%). Finally, we conducted a binary logistic regression
(mutual adjustment as the dependent variable), using forward LR, and we identified organizational
socialization practices and learning system as factors that contribute to explain mutual adjustment
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mutual adjustment; internships; school-to-work transition; higher education; organizational socialization
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Citation
Ramos, R.; Fonseca, J.R.S.; Cardim, J.C.; Amorim, R. From College-to-Work: Latent Class Models Analysis of Mutual Adjustment in Internships after the Diploma. Educ. Sci. 2022, 12, 875. https://doi.org/10.3390/ educsci12120875
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MDPI