Perception of Internship Value and Career Commitment: Evidence in Hotel Industry

Abstract

Retention of young employees within the hospitality industry is a prevalent problem in many countries. Therefore, it is critical that educators and practitioners determine the factors affecting career commitment of hospitality majors in colleges. This study employed a questionnaire survey focusing on students who had finished an internship in the hotel industry. Two hundred and sixty four valid questionnaires were collected from six colleges. The results identified three factors of students' perceived of internship value, namely ”interpersonal skill” and ”self-efficiency”, as well as ”familiarity and connection to the workplace”, were significantly and positively related to career commitment with 17.42 % of variance explanation. Finally, implications and research limitations were also discussed.

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