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The Role of Work Experience in Studying and Career Development in Tourism: A Case Study of Tourism and Hospitality Students from Northern Poland
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The Role of Work Experience in Studying and Career Development in Tourism: A Case Study of Tourism and Hospitality Students from Northern Poland
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Grobelna, Aleksandra
Dolot, Anna |
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Management
nature of tourism work; industry-person congeniality; students’ engagement; burnout; employment aspirations J24; J81 |
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Objective: The aim of this study is to develop and test a research model that investigates relationships between students’ perception of the nature of tourism work and industry-person congeniality and both their burnout and engagement in their studies, both of which may relate significantly with students’ career aspirations in tourism.Research Design & Methods: 158 tourism and hospitality students with work experience in the tourism industry filled in an anonymous paper-based self-administrated questionnaires.Findings: There are positive and significant correlations between perceived nature of tourism work, industry-person congeniality and students’ dedication. Simultaneously, the perceived nature of tourism work and industry-person congeniality correlate negatively with students’ cynicism towards their studies.Implications & Recommendations: There is a need for putting a greater concern on the person-job fit during both enrolment procedures for tourism and hospitality courses in higher education and while recruiting candidates for service job positions in the tourism industry. Greater attention should be put by practitioners on students’ work experience, as it may have an impact on the youth’s attitudes towards their future employment in tourism.Contribution & Value Added: The research value of this study may result from the fact that both students’ burnout and engagement has not been widely explored in the management literature.
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Cracow University of Economics
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This article was partially financed with subsidies for maintaining the research capacity granted to the Cracow University of Economics
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2018-12-18
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Quantitative methods; literature study |
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application/pdf
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//eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/435
10.15678/EBER.2018.060412 |
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Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review; Vol 6, No 4 (2018): Foreign Entrepreneurs in China; 217-229
2353-8821 2353-883X |
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eng
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//eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/435/pdf_1
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Northern Poland; Tricity agglomeration in the Pomeranian Voivodeship
This study is part of an integrated research project on tourism and hospitality students’ perception of their future employment in the industry conducted in 2017/2018 158 tourism and hospitality students with working experience in the tourism industry |
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Copyright (c) 2018 Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review
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