Tourism and hospitality internships: influences on student career aspirations

Robinson, Robinson; Ruhanen, Lisa; Breakey, Noreen

doi:10.1080/13683500.2015.1020772

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“…However, other researchers found that students also had negative experiences while they were in their internships and it influenced their intention to work at the same industry [10], reduced their confidence to pursuit career in the industry [11] or even it made them leave the industry after they finished their internships [12], [13]. Those findings are confirmed by further studies which concluded that negative internship experiences influenced students motivation to work in the tourism industry [1], [9], [14], [15]. This study tries to investigate how much influence is the internships experience on tourism students' motivation to work in the tourism industry.…”

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“…In turn, organizations or companies who participates in this program can get benefits in reducing employment recruitment and costs [5]. Researchers found that Internships can improve students' academic performance and also motivate them to study [6], improve their self-confidence [7] and adaptability to their work environment [8] especially for tourism students where the industry requires skilled labor in its highly competitive and dynamic environment [9]. However, other researchers found that students also had negative experiences while they were in their internships and it influenced their intention to work at the same industry [10], reduced their confidence to pursuit career in the industry [11] or even it made them leave the industry after they finished their internships [12], [13].…”

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Internship Program: Does it Strengthen or Weaken Tourism Students’ motivation?

Rosita¹,

Umadi²,

Kusumah³

2019

Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on Tourism (ISOT 2018)

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One of the students' orientations in choosing a department in college is their future career. However, several previous studies confirmed that learning experiences can influence students' future interest in continuing their careers in line or even leave it. This study aims to investigate the influence of tourism students' internship experience on their motivation to pursue career in the tourism and hospitality industry. Respondents were 72 tourism students of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia who have finished their internship programs in 2015. Data collection was carried out for one month in two methods by sending questionnaires to the email of each respondent and selfadministrative questionnaires. Simple linear regression was employed to analyze the data. The result showed that internship program experience did not have significance influence on students' motivation to pursue career in Tourism Industry.

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Internship Program: Does it Strengthen or Weaken Tourism Students’ motivation?

Rosita¹,

Umadi²,

Kusumah³

2019

Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on Tourism (ISOT 2018)

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“…Hsu () used self‐determination theory to explore work motivation, job burnout, and employment aspirations amongst hospitality and tourism students. Robinson, Ruhanen, and Breakey () investigated the influence of internships on the career aspirations of tourism and hospitality students. Many respondents had switched their pursuit from hospitality towards developing a tourism career but not the reverse.…”

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Tourism industry career prospects and the business environment: Evidence from Canada and Macau

Tung

Tang²,

King

2018

Journal of Tourism Research

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Previous researchers have undertaken detailed examinations of the factors impacting on aspirant perceptions of tourism and hospitality careers. This paper moves beyond personal and internal dimensions to explore business conditions in the cities where hospitality and tourism students are studying or where recent graduates are making their careers. By examining the prevalent business environments in cities in both North America (Calgary) and in Asia (Macau), the researchers show how such settings influence the perceptions of hospitality and tourism aspirants towards their industry futures, including peer influence.

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“…Many higher education institutions in Norway do not offer work placements as a compulsory requirement due to the lack of resources. While work placements are important to prepare students for the workforce and help to clarify career intentions (Busby, 2003;Evans, 1993;Robinson, Ruhanen, & Breakey, 2016), not all are successful. Some are only reserved for high achievement students.…”

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Gaps in tourism education and workforce needs: attracting and educating the right people

Mei

2017

Current Issues in Tourism

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The intense development of the tourism industry requires a skilled and qualified workforce. It is important to attract the right candidates to the tourism education, and subsequently provide relevant education to prepare students for the industry after graduation. While work placements may be useful and important to some extent, they are not the ideal solution. Hence, alternative approaches such as simulations and flipped classrooms may be applied. To provide realistic expectations, a closer collaboration between industry operators and education providers is needed. Education providers should assume a more proactive role by inviting tourism operators and integrated them in the tourism education programs as guest lecturers.

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Tourism and hospitality internships: influences on student career aspirations

Cited by 82 publications

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Internship Program: Does it Strengthen or Weaken Tourism Students’ motivation?

Internship Program: Does it Strengthen or Weaken Tourism Students’ motivation?

Tourism industry career prospects and the business environment: Evidence from Canada and Macau

Gaps in tourism education and workforce needs: attracting and educating the right people

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