"Learning" Injustice at Work as a College Intern

• In Event: AERA Graduate Student Research in Progress Roundtable Session One
  In Roundtable Session: Workplace Injustice, Critical Race Theory Bans, and Safe Spaces of Students of Color: Critical Issues for Policy and Practice (Table 5)

Abstract

College internships have been widely considered a high-impact practice for college students, as it represents an effective work-based learning opportunity to explore career options, develop professional identities, and prepare for entering the job market (Hora et al., 2017). However, internships do not always lead to positive experiences and interns often perceive and experience unfair situations at work. Given the internship experience can significantly influence students' career choices, negative experiences during the internships should be a key concern for the educators who support college students' work-based learning. Using legitimate peripheral participation (Lave & Wenger, 1991) and organizational injustice (Colquitt, 2001) as frameworks, this study, this qualitative study explores how students perceive and make sense of workplace injustice during their internships, and how these experience affect their thoughts on work and career.

Author

• Kyoungjin Jang-Tucci, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  Presenting Author