Abstract
This descriptive - survey study finds out the challenges, benefits and coping mechanisms of working students in the different companies and colleges in the Kingdom of Bahrain during the Academic Year 2016 – 2017. Included in the study were 150 working students. Frequency, Rank, & Mean were used to determine the dominant challenges, benefits, and coping mechanisms of working students. T-test was used to determine the significant difference on the dominant challenges & coping mechanisms of the working students for their type of part-time job. The results revealed that out of the 150 respondents who are working mostly in the private sector, their main reason why they work part-time is because of additional money and not so much for experience. Many of them are into business and customer service. Their serious challenge is of their friends & family’s complain of spending less time with them. Although their highest benefit revealed is winning a lot of friends at work and financial security. Nevertheless, they find comfort to have a strong support system from family, friends and significant others as their highest source of coping mechanism aside from their high hopes and determination in finishing their career. Inferential analysis revealed that there is significant difference in the dominant challenges & coping mechanism of the working students for their type of part-time job. Thus, both the null hypotheses were rejected.