Perceptions of Students in Chiangmai Towards Working With Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

The paper aims to study perceptions of students in Chiangmai, Thailand towards various job factors of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises as well as identify job factors that mostly influence students’ job choices. The sample of 800 was drawn from fourth-year students in 4 universities. The results indicated that working with SMEs and large enterprises were different in students’ opinions. Among 11 job factors, students agreed that, if working with SMEs, they would have a higher managerial relationship and a lower pay than working with large enterprises, while working with large enterprises, they would be more advanced in long-term career prospects but lower involvement in the decision making process than working with SMEs. However, students’ perception varied by genders, fields of study, and types of university.