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Hospitality management graduates’ perceptions of career factor importance and career factor experience
International Journal of Hospitality Management
  • Eric A. Brown, Iowa State University
  • Susan W. Arendt, Iowa State University
  • Robert Bosselman, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2014
DOI
10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.10.003
Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine the perceived importance and perceived experiences of career factors for hospitality management graduates and to examine differences in perceptions of hospitality graduates who left the hospitality industry with those who stayed. In addition, differences in perceptions between hospitality graduates and hiring managers were examined. Compared to those who had left the industry, hospitality graduates working in the hospitality industry indicated 11 factors were more important to them. Examples of these factors included having a career where graduates use their degree and a career with good promotion prospects. Graduates who left the hospitality industry indicated it was more important to have a career where they could contribute to society as compared to graduates that stayed in the industry. Hiring managers perceived their organizations offered more in a career than the graduates expected or deemed important which contradicts the findings from the graduates.

Comments

This is a manuscript of an article in International Journal of Hospitality Management 37 (2014): 58, doi:10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.10.003. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
Elsevier Ltd.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Eric A. Brown, Susan W. Arendt and Robert Bosselman. "Hospitality management graduates’ perceptions of career factor importance and career factor experience" International Journal of Hospitality Management Vol. 37 (2014) p. 58 - 67
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/susan_arendt/15/