Abstract:

Internships are very important in terms of training qualified personnel and the future of the accounting profession, and internship processes provide important contributions to students' getting to know the sector in which they will work in the future, developing their knowledge and skills, career planning and increasing their awareness. However, a wide variety of problems can be experienced such as the interns not being aware of the importance of the subject, the wrong choice of the internship place, the lack of time, the workload of the employers, and the desired efficiency may not be obtained from the internship. In order to increase the quality of the internship, the expectations of the parties regarding the internship should be revealed, the problems experienced during the internship process should be determined and solutions should be offered. For this purpose, in this study, various interviews were conducted with students who are studying in the department of accounting and tax applications and doing internships in the summer, academics in the internship commission, and employers/trainers in the workplaces where the internship is done. Content analysis was conducted on the results of the interviews conducted through a semi-structured form. Thus, the expectations of all stakeholders (academics, interns and employers) related to the internship and the problems in the internship process were determined and various solutions were offered to these problems.

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