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Attainment of Professional Certificates in Hospitality and Tourism Graduates' Career Perspectives in Taiwan.
- Source :
- Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education; 2022, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p90-98, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This research evaluates whether the attainment of certification could affect the career perspectives of hospitality and tourism graduates. It collects a set of survey data on 729 tourism and hospitality graduates from 38 colleges and vocational schools in Taiwan. The resultant data demonstrate that those acquiring a professional certificate are more likely to have a full-time job. The level of starting salaries mainly depends on academic credentials, language proficiency, and academic performance. Findings show that students often develop a secondary job skill (e.g., a foreign language) to enhance their career path. Surprisingly, the possession of tourism/hospitality-related certificates has no significant impact on starting salaries, a departure from students' general perception. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TOURISM education
STUDENT attitudes
HOSPITALITY
TOURISM
JOB skills
LANGUAGE ability
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10963758
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156554295
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10963758.2020.1868315