Are trainees really being trained?

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

This paper offers an overview of Internships and it explores the perceptions of the trainee towards this experience. It was found that in Internships there is always a coach – the Step-ahead peer coach of Darling (1986) and contrary to other types of Coaching, in internships it is a peer and not a senior mentor who has a crucial impact on the perceived training and learning process of the trainee.