Proceedings of the 2019 4th International Conference on Modern Management, Education Technology and Social Science (MMETSS 2019)

Separated by understanding? A Study on the Factors Affecting Students' Career Choice-A Case Study of Hotel Interns in Tourism College

Authors
Chiawei Chao
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Chiawei Chao
Available Online October 2019.
DOI
10.2991/mmetss-19.2019.119How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Internship, Career Choice, Internship Satisfaction, In-depth Interview
Abstract

After internship in hotels, most graduates of tourism and hotel specialty do not choose to work and develop in hotel-related industries. Why? Internship is to let college students understand the workplace before entering the workplace, and then become the company's immediate combat force. However, after the internship, they have changed careers, and why? Based on qualitative research and in-depth interviews, this study interviewed 8 senior students who had completed their internship in tourism and hotel from December 2018 to May 2019. The results show that the key factor is the internship environment, the decisive factor is the internship satisfaction, and the final factor is the internship effectiveness. Besides the above three factors, psychological pressure and internship workload also be important factors. The results can give students, schools and practice units improvement and construction.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2019 4th International Conference on Modern Management, Education Technology and Social Science (MMETSS 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
October 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-808-6
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/mmetss-19.2019.119How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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