Manager versus leader: An impact on international internships

Abstract

The broad topics of management and leadership have been studied by several authors. In this project a brief introduction to these topics is carried out as well as the differences found between them are highlighted. Businesses are considered a source of education so the topic of introducing internships through the school trajectory is also addressed. In an increasingly competitive market, companies have to keep up, and for that, they need increasingly qualified workers, whom both these and future generations depend a lot on the results of their school careers as well as their internships. This is the primary problem that leads us to the main objective of this study, to identify and understand the type of management that each participant had in the internship, and which one they prefer, having as a starting question "What is considered the most appropriate style of team leadership in companies by young adults after their international internship?". To develop the study, a qualitative methodology was used. For data collection, the structured interview, and the reading of scientific documents such as articles and books were used as techniques. Then the collected data was processed, applying the interpretive phenomenological analysis method that helps understand the personal experiences of an individual. The results of the study made it possible to identify the management preference of young adults for companies today, according to the types of supervisors that they had when they carried out the international internships.

Keywords

• Management; Leadership; Emotional Intelligence; International Internship.