The Role of Work Experience in Studying and Career Development in Tourism: A Case Study of Tourism and Hospitality Students from Northern Poland

Person – Job Fit in Students’ Perspective and Its Consequences for Career Aspirations

“…The research concept reflected an integrated approach that should contribute to a better understanding of factors shaping students' perception of their suitability for a future job in the sector in which they will be qualified, and how this perception may relate to students' aspirations for their future career in the industry. This study also adds to the growing body of research on students' attitudes and perceptions about their future career in tourism and/or hospitality industry (Jiang and Tribe, 2009;Kusluvan and Kusluvan, 2000;Richardson and Butler, 2012;Teng, 2008;Grobelna and Dolot, 2018;Grobelna and Marciszewska, 2021). Moreover, the study deals with the engagement and perceived person-job fit in students (non-workers) and constitutes a very interesting area of new research.…”

“…Dedicated students feel a sense of significance of their studies, engage in their studies with enthusiasm and pride and find their studies challenging and inspiring (Schaufeli et al, 2002). Students' dedication to studies undertaken, as previous findings proved, may be positively related to their employment aspirations in the tourism industry (Grobelna and Dolot, 2018;Grobelna and Wyszkowska-Wrobel, 2021). Therefore, it is believed that the more students are engaged in their current studies, the more they are confident that they have the right skills and abilities to meet the future job demands in the sector in which they will be qualified.…”

“…One of important elements that influences the attitude, career plans and employment aspirations in T&H is industry-person congeniality (Grobelna and Dolot, 2018;Kusluvan and Kusluvan, 2000;Teng, 2008). Dimensions that may define industryperson congeniality refer, among others, to the confidence that students are suited to working in the T&H, that they will have an opportunity to use their skills and abilities, and that they will enjoy working in the industry (Grobelna and Dolot, 2018;Kusluvan and Kusluvan, 2000). Industry-person congeniality is important in service industries in general, however, in the T&H sector, classified as a high service encounter one (Lin, 2007), it is of particular importance (Grobelna and Dolot, 2018), given its requirements.…”

“…Dimensions that may define industryperson congeniality refer, among others, to the confidence that students are suited to working in the T&H, that they will have an opportunity to use their skills and abilities, and that they will enjoy working in the industry (Grobelna and Dolot, 2018;Kusluvan and Kusluvan, 2000). Industry-person congeniality is important in service industries in general, however, in the T&H sector, classified as a high service encounter one (Lin, 2007), it is of particular importance (Grobelna and Dolot, 2018), given its requirements. Competing successfully in the T&H industry requires not only an appropriate number of employees, but above all employees equipped with appropriate competences, well suited to the job (Bednarska, 2013).…”

Analysis of the impact of tourism sector as a viable response to South Africa’s growth and development challenges

“…It involves various integrated sectors that includes facilities used for the purpose of both business and leisure. Tourism can further be classified as either inbound or outbound, where inbound tourism refers to the demand by non-residents and outbound tourism the demand by local tourists (Ardahaey 2011, 206 & OECD 2001Tóth, 2016;Grobelna & Dolot, 2018). Fourie and Burger (2015, 12) stated that economic growth, which is the first macro-economic objective of any economy, is an occurrence of the sustained increase of total services and goods from one period to the next defined in terms of GDP (gross domestic product).…”