Tourism/Hospitality Management Employment Interest as Predicted by Job Attributes and Workplace Evaluations

Abstract

Five hundred and thirty-four Australian senior school leavers rated preferences for tourism/hospitality industry work according to Holland's(1978) six vocational preference categories together with a set of 19 job characteristics, rated according to potential work satisfaction, motivation and perceived employer estimation. Only the management vocational preference category produced significant multiple regression functions, with job interest and skill utilisation predicting motivation to work in this area of the tourism/hospitality industry, and with administrative/executive power and supervision level predicting perceived tourism/hospitality industry employer importance. Major sources of perceived tourism/hospitality industry work satisfaction included advancement, job interest, sense of achievement and working conditions. Major motivators toward tourism/hospitality industry employment included job interest, sense of achievement, play and advancement. The job attributes believed to be esteemed the highes...