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Tourism Students’ Career Conceptions towards Service Industry Profession A Case Study from Human Resource Perspective

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dc.contributor.author Daskin, M.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-26T05:25:17Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-26T05:25:17Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Daskin, M. (2016). Tourism Students’ Career Conceptions towards Service Industry Profession A Case Study from Human Resource Perspective. Proceedings of 3rd International Human Resource Management Conference of Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 3(1), 317-331. en_US, si_LK
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3659
dc.description.abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes and perceptions of current undergraduate tourism and hospitality students towards careers in the industry. For this study, a sample of 132 undergraduate students from hospitality and tourism management programs in was surveyed in research location. SPSS (Version 21) was used to explore the data. Results shows that the career factor items students have concerns over include job security, pay and promotion, reasonable workload, and job-family balance offered within the industry. Surprisingly, the most alarming finding to come out of this study is that more than 40% of the tourism students are undecided and not willing to work in the industry, which means the industry lose more than one third of the qualified graduates. Implications for hospitality and tourism educators and industry employers are discussed. en_US, si_LK
dc.language.iso en_US en_US, si_LK
dc.publisher Department of Human Resource Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda.
dc.subject Career Perceptions en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Human Resources en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Tourism Industry en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Tourism Education en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Hospitality Profession en_US, si_LK
dc.title Tourism Students’ Career Conceptions towards Service Industry Profession A Case Study from Human Resource Perspective en_US, si_LK
dc.type Article en_US, si_LK


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