How successfully do we educate tourism, hospitality, and events graduates?
McKercher, Bob, Tolkach, Denis, Lee, Andy, Macionis, Niki, and Jin, Xin (2024) How successfully do we educate tourism, hospitality, and events graduates? Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, 36 (2). pp. 182-191.
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Abstract
This study examines perceptions of university-level tourism, hospitality and events (THE) graduates with regards to whether the degree prepared them for a successful career. “Success” is a highly nuanced term that can be interpreted narrowly as producing job ready graduates or more broadly as producing graduates who have a quality and enjoyable education that equips them with a desire for lifelong learning, a positive value set, and the skills to develop their careers in a dynamic work environment. Listening to the graduates’ voices reveals that a successful educational experience involves far more than making them job ready and instead involves creating passionate future employees who want the chance for personal development and who feel valued in the workplace. However, some issues did arise relating to a relatively high attrition rate from the sector and concern over the degree of practical training provided. The study findings help inform curriculum of programmes.
| Item ID: | 78540 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2325-6540 |
| Keywords: | career success, hospitality, and events, Tourism, university |
| Copyright Information: | © 2023 ICHRIE. The Author Accepted Manuscript version of the article is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
| Date Deposited: | 31 May 2023 03:32 |
| FoR Codes: | 39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390103 Economics, business and management curriculum and pedagogy @ 40% 35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3508 Tourism > 350803 Tourism management @ 60% |
| SEO Codes: | 11 COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND TOURISM > 1104 Tourism services > 110499 Tourism services not elsewhere classified @ 60% 16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1602 Schools and learning environments > 160206 Workforce transition and employment @ 40% |
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