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Student perception of career opportunities in Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan City Campus

This research investigates the perceptions of tourism and hospitality students towards career in the industry. It analyses differences in the opinions of two groups of students, tourism courses and hospitality courses towards careers in the tourism and hospitality industry. This will ascertain if on...

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Main Authors: Fatimah Zahra Dahalan, Chin Chi Fung, Nur ‘Aliah Najihah Md Sa’aid, Juliza Natasha Jamil
Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
Language:English
Published: 2021
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/3808/1/H09_2021.pdf
http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/3808/
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spelling my.umk.eprints.38082022-05-24T03:43:34Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/3808/ Student perception of career opportunities in Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan City Campus Fatimah Zahra Dahalan Chin Chi Fung Nur ‘Aliah Najihah Md Sa’aid Juliza Natasha Jamil This research investigates the perceptions of tourism and hospitality students towards career in the industry. It analyses differences in the opinions of two groups of students, tourism courses and hospitality courses towards careers in the tourism and hospitality industry. This will ascertain if one group is more committed to a career in the industry than the other. A quantitative study investigates factors that students find important in choosing a career, as well as their perceptions of different aspects of a career in the industry. In total, 196 completed surveys were collected. The findings showed that there are significant differences between the two groups, especially when comparing the extent to which respondents believed tourism and hospitality offered the career factors that students found important. The results also showed that students in hospitality studies courses are more likely to believe that the tourism and hospitality industry offers these factors than students in tourism courses. This has implications for tourism and hospitality educators and employers in Malaysia. 2021-06-20 Undergraduate Final Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/3808/1/H09_2021.pdf Fatimah Zahra Dahalan and Chin Chi Fung and Nur ‘Aliah Najihah Md Sa’aid and Juliza Natasha Jamil (2021) Student perception of career opportunities in Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan City Campus. Final Year Project thesis, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. (Submitted)
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description This research investigates the perceptions of tourism and hospitality students towards career in the industry. It analyses differences in the opinions of two groups of students, tourism courses and hospitality courses towards careers in the tourism and hospitality industry. This will ascertain if one group is more committed to a career in the industry than the other. A quantitative study investigates factors that students find important in choosing a career, as well as their perceptions of different aspects of a career in the industry. In total, 196 completed surveys were collected. The findings showed that there are significant differences between the two groups, especially when comparing the extent to which respondents believed tourism and hospitality offered the career factors that students found important. The results also showed that students in hospitality studies courses are more likely to believe that the tourism and hospitality industry offers these factors than students in tourism courses. This has implications for tourism and hospitality educators and employers in Malaysia.
format Undergraduate Final Project Report
author Fatimah Zahra Dahalan
Chin Chi Fung
Nur ‘Aliah Najihah Md Sa’aid
Juliza Natasha Jamil
spellingShingle Fatimah Zahra Dahalan
Chin Chi Fung
Nur ‘Aliah Najihah Md Sa’aid
Juliza Natasha Jamil
Student perception of career opportunities in Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan City Campus
author_facet Fatimah Zahra Dahalan
Chin Chi Fung
Nur ‘Aliah Najihah Md Sa’aid
Juliza Natasha Jamil
author_sort Fatimah Zahra Dahalan
title Student perception of career opportunities in Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan City Campus
title_short Student perception of career opportunities in Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan City Campus
title_full Student perception of career opportunities in Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan City Campus
title_fullStr Student perception of career opportunities in Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan City Campus
title_full_unstemmed Student perception of career opportunities in Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan City Campus
title_sort student perception of career opportunities in hospitality and tourism industry in universiti malaysia kelantan city campus
publishDate 2021
url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/3808/1/H09_2021.pdf
http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/3808/
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