%0 Journal Article
%T GraduatesĄŻWork Experiences in Small and Medium Enterprises in the Northern States of Malaysia
%A Mohd Noor Mohd Shariff
%A Abu Mansor Ahmad
%A Azman Ismail
%J International Journal of Marketing Studies
%D 2009
%I 
%R 10.5539/ijms.v1n1p23
%X This paper was designed to examine university graduatesĄŻ expectations and experiences of employment in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Northern States of Malaysia. A self-reported questionnaire data was gathered from 84 graduate employees. Graduates reported positive experiences in many areas. These often exceeded their expectations, and in general over-met expectations were much more common than under-met ones. The graduatesĄŻ work appeared to offer quite high autonomy, the chance to develop a wide range of skills, and to progress towards career goals, at least in the short term. In line with previous research, there were signs that pay; within enterprise career prospects and training were relatively weak areas. Taken as a whole, the results substantiated previous research done and challenge more negative images of employment in small enterprises, and also the preoccupation with under-met expectations in the literature on new entrants to enterprises.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijms/article/view/1644