Comparative Study of Human Resource Management Implementation on Employees and Cooperative Education Students in a Public University2

Abstract

The purposes of this survey research focused on Human Resource Management (HRM) processes implemented with the cooperative education students by workplaces. The study aims to compare recruitment, selection, training and evaluation methods companies use with students and employees. Quantitative approach was conducted by using questionnaire. With population of 275 companies in company list of one faculty in a public university that have operated the program systematically, 161 samples were chosen based on simple random sampling. The respondents are the cooperative education coordinators from the human resource department. Descriptive analysis and paired sample t-test were utilized in data analysis through SPSS program. The results showed that HRM functions are used with the employees different to the students. It revealed that the overall aspects that recruitment methods are used with the cooperative education students in low level while selection, training and evaluation methods are used with the students in the moderate level. In contrast, the overall aspects of evaluation methods implemented with the employees in moderate level while recruitment methods, selection methods and training methods are used with the students in high level. The HRM functions implementing with employees had significantly higher level of implementation than the cooperative education students.