Hospitality and tourism student and alumni perspectives: promotion expectations,academic and experience adjustments,and career growth

Preparing qualified graduates for the tourism and hospitality industry who will stay and achieve promotional success is paramount. The objectives of this research project were to determine promotional advancement expectations and strategies to improve promotional opportunities. Two separate questionnaires, with both open and close-ended questions, were sent to upper classmen/women in hospitality and tourism programs and alumni of the same programs. In total, 717 (409 students and 308 alumni) completed the questionnaires. Chi-square tests were run to determine differences between student and alumni responses. To assist in analysis of open-ended responses, Atlas.ti was used. There was a statistically significant difference between students and alumni responses in regards to promotional expectations; students expected it to take a significantly longer time to receive a promotion to supervisor or manager than alumni. Overall, students and alumni indicated strategies such as more real-world-focused courses with hands-on experiences.     

Learning through engagement: undergraduate students engaging in community-based participatory research (CBPR) in hospitality and tourism education

This paper discusses how instructors can engage their students in community-based participatory research (CBPR) projects that involve not only research on a topic but also include community stakeholders in the research process and provide opportunities for service learning. CBPR is defined, examples of effective CBPR student projects are presented, the possible benefits and drawbacks of CBPR student projects are offered, and tips for conducting successful CBPR projects with hospitality and tourism students are provided.     

Values as determinants of motivation: Tourism and other career choices

Neuman, Yoram, Abraham Pizam and Arie Reichel, Values as Determinants of Motivation: Tourism and Other Career Choices. Annals of Tourism Research 1980, VII (3): 428–442. This study examined the predictive validity of work values in explaining motivational patterns of three groups of career preparation differing in their occupational specificity: Tourism/Hospitality, Management, and Liberal Arts. It was found that the higher the occupational specificity of a career preparation the higher is the predictive validity of work values in explaining work motivations. As predicted, the best relationships between values and motivation was found in the maximally specified occupation, namely: tourism/hospitality students, followed by management students with the liberal arts students — the most flexible occupational group — having the lowest relationship between values and motivation. The implications of the findings for employee selection and motivation prediction in the tourism/hospitality industry are discussed.     

Students' summer tourism: Determinants of length of stay (LOS)

Studies scrutinizing the economic aspects of student tourism at the micro-level are rare in the literature. Set against this background, the present study examines the variation in a sample of Norwegian students' length of stay at summer vacation destinations in 2014. Three estimation methods – an OLS regression model, a Weibull survival model and a zero-truncated negative binomial regression model – provide qualitatively similar results regarding how a number of determinants affect length of stay. In particular, the results show that daily trip costs, booking time, tourism and trip motives, trip month and gender explain much of the variation in length of stay. Of special interest is the comparison of two segments differing on when trip duration is determined: the “pre-fixed” returners (75% of the sample) and the “open” returners (25%). In this regard, the results suggest that the “open” returners stay longer on their trips than the “pre-fixed” ones. Finally, the study provides some implications for future length of stay research.     

The importance of career goal in relation to academic performance: a case study of hospitality management students

ABSTRACT

Hospitality management programs have commonly offered exclusive learning opportunities to talented students in order to keep “brains” in the industry. While academic performance indices are often used to identify “brains” in the education sector, scant research has empirically examined whether “brains” are intended to stay in the industry. This study surveyed 304 hospitality management students and examined the relationships between their career-goal related factors and academic performance. Findings indicate that career goal and positive job valence toward the hospitality industry are significantly related to academic performance. The results of this study contribute to the limited literature on the relationship between career goal and academic performance.     

提升大学生生产实习成效的途径探讨

生产实习对于提高大学生总体素质来说相当重要,但目前高等院校生产实习的教学改革还存在着一些不尽如人意的情况和问题,本文通过调查了解相关情况及问题并对此提出一些看法。     

关于旅游管理本科实践教学改革的几点思考

本文重新界定了实践教学的概念,在此基础上指出应科学设计并不断优化实践教学体系,提出系统的实践教学设计应包括课内实践、课外实践、校内实践、校外实践、业内实践与业外实践等多个相互关联的环节,确保实践教学子系统有机整合于教学系统中,同时指出,规范科学、因实践性质而异的全程管理是实践教学达到预期目标的有力保障。     

台湾旅游专业大学生实习的期望与评估研究

本文以台湾真理大学旅游学院为例,采用问卷方法,研究学生从事旅游实习的期望与成效。研究表明:(1)学生在选择实习单位时自主性高,不易受外界环境影响因素左右;(2)学生对从实习获得实际操作技术经验及专业知识有高度期望;(3)实习的最大收获为实质的知识与专业技能的获得;性别、实习的找寻方式、业者提供的实习方式(例如工作轮调,沟通管道和职前培训)和企业的规模均对学生实习期望和成效有一定显著影响;学生实习期望越高时,所获得的实习成效将相对提高。     

大学生常见心理压力及应对

随着社会竞争的不断加剧,大学生的学习压力、经济压力、就业压力也相应增大,心理问题越来越多,大学生心理健康状况令人担忧。正确认识大学生心理压力主要表现形式及影响因素,并采取相应的对策进行心理保健也变得日益重要。     

根据企业用人标准提升技校学生的就业能力

技工教育是一种以市场需求为导向、以学生就业为目标的职业教育。技校学生的就业能力是企业在用人方面考察的重点。文章认为,分析现代企业选录用人标准的侧重点,借鉴知名企业培训经验,注重培养技校学生的职业道德素养,加强校企合作,探索技工教育的新思路,以准企业化管理模式开展教育培训工作,能有效提升学生的就业能力。