PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS REGARDING THE WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
Keywords:
students' perceptions, working conditions, tourism employment, tourism industry
Abstract
Today the tourism industry is considered as very attractive economic activity. However, among undergraduate tourism students, there are various and often distorted information and opinions regarding the skills that are necessary to acquire during the studies, career development, work opportunities and working conditions. The aim of the paper is to measure students' perceptions and attitudes regarding employment and working conditions in the tourism industry. The study was conducted using a sample of students of the Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja, University of Kragujevac, Serbia. The data were collected by a survey, while their analysis and processing were made using The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Based on this research, a general conclusion about students' attitudes will be reached, also about their satisfaction with practice in the tourism industry during the studies and the connection between theoretical and practical knowledge.
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18. Lam, T., Ching, L. (2007). An exploratory study of an internship program: The case of Hong Kong students. International Journal of Hospitality Management, Vol. 26, No. 2, 336-351.
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Published
2019-06-01
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Durkalić, D., & Đorđević, N. (2019). PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS REGARDING THE WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY. Tourism International Scientific Conference Vrnjačka Banja - TISC, 4(1), 327-344. Retrieved from http://tisc.rs/proceedings/index.php/hitmc/article/view/259
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