Perception of Final Year Hotel Management Students towards Working in Hotel Industry
Published: 2015
Author(s) Name: Rajeshree S. Pol, Hemraj Patil |
Author(s) Affiliation: Assistant Professor, AISSMS CHMCT, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract
Although the development of hotel industry can create new job opportunities it is often criticized that the hotel industry provides low skilled and less paid jobs. If todays students are going to be the hotel managers of tomorrow its important to understand their perceptions about hotel jobs. This paper focuses on final year students who have completed their industrial trainings and are ready for placement in hotels. The study finds that the students respondent neither favorable nor unfavorable towards the hotel jobs. The findings also show that there is willingness to work in hotel related jobs or study further about hospitality industry. Though the impact is debatable, a students negative work experience during the industrial training can influence their image of hotel industry.
Keywords: Shelter, Food Facility, Refreshment
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