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Factors Influencing Students’ Career Intentions in the Hospitality and Tourism Industries: A Meta-Analysis

Year: 2022

Type: review

Study designs: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis

Abstract: This study adopted a meta-analysis to generalize and compare the effect of influencing factors on hospitality and tourism management students' career intentions from 34 studies. After 13 existing factors were classified into four categories, the results revealed that 11 of them significantly impact students' career intentions. In general, the influences of social identity and self-perception are more important, followed by school education and work conditions. A subgroup analysis further identified the sample students' grades as dynamics that partially moderate some of the influencing factors, while no statistical changes in the relative influences were observed after the COVID-19 outbreak. Finally, suggestions are provided for hospitality and tourism management education and industries.

Source: Behavioral Sciences

DOI: 10.3390/bs12120517

Authors: Fajian Liu, Qing He, Nan Wu

Institution: Anhui University

Language: English

Topic: Hospitality and Tourism Education

Subfield: Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,466