摘要：This study aimed at investigating the effects of situational factors consisting of
school culture, corporate culture, and the performance of management institution
to the readiness of student work in implementing Work-Based Learning (WBL)
model on vocational education in Indonesia. The present study was primarily
carried out with a quantitative approach using a survey methodology. The research
was conducted in the Mechanical Engineering Study Program, Faculty of
Engineering, Yogyakarta State University and in the Machining Industry in
Yogyakarta, Bandung and Semarang. The study was conducted within 6 months,
from March to September 2018. The population of the study was all students (85
students) who took the complex machining process course. The research sample
consisted of 32 people selected by purposive sampling technique. In this case, the
study sample was students who have carried out industrial practice. Data were
collected using questionnaires and test. Questionnaires were used to retrieve
student responses data on situational aspects and their readiness to work in
machining practices on soft-competence aspects. The test was used to retrieve data
on the readiness of students to work on aspects of hard-competence. Content
validity was established by expert judgment. Data were analyzed using descriptive
analysis, regression and path analysis, using a significance level of 0.05.
