School-leavers and their perceptions of employment in the tourism/hospitality industry.

Abstract

This now famous line illustrates the importance placed on work by many individuals. Work can and does assume a far greater prominence in the daily life of many than simply earning a living or survival. A considerable amount is now known about the factors that actually motivate people to work (Chapman & Gale, 1982). However, we generally know much less about what currently makes particular groups, such as present-day school leavers in Australia, choose to seek or eschew employment in specific contexts such as the tourism/hospitality industry. Despite this, some information is now known about a range of adolescent work beliefs. In the United Kingdom, Argyle (1989) reports that generally, adolescents are aware of the breadth of occupational choice available to members of their peer group and are also aware of what these jobs entail. He does, however, make the point that alongside this information there exists a reasonable amount of mythology and misleading information, derived mainly from the media which encumbers students in their thinking about future occupational choice. Abstract

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