TOURISM STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF JOB VALUES AND OCCUPATIONAL COMMITMENT: A RESEARCH ON TRAINEE STUDENTS Cover Image

TURİZM EĞİTİMİ ALAN LİSANS ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN İŞ DEĞERİ ALGILARI VE MESLEĞE DEVAM NİYETLERİ: STAJYER ÖĞRENCİLERE YÖNELİK BİR ARAŞTIRMA
TOURISM STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF JOB VALUES AND OCCUPATIONAL COMMITMENT: A RESEARCH ON TRAINEE STUDENTS

Author(s): Mehmet Güllü, Hakan Kendir, Cemal İnce
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Higher Education , Evaluation research, Social development, Social Informatics, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Tourism, Socio-Economic Research, Sociology of Education
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Job value; trainee students; occupational commitment;

Summary/Abstract: Knowing the expectations of employees from the working environment, organization and colleguages is essential in satisfying the employees. To find a fit between organizational and individuals’ goals, it is important to determine the job values. Delivering occupational values, employees are key players in the organizational productivity and guest satisfaction in a direct manner. Among the job values of the students in the major of tourism, while i) job security, ii) fair management, iii) income and, iv) working conditions are the first four factors, contribuion to the organization and providing feedback relted to work Performance are the latest factors. According to the results of the study, job values are divided into three dimension that are a) cognitive (i.e., achievement, meaningful work and contribution), b) physical and, c) emotional. Female students were more proned to the job values in the emotional manner comparing to the male students. Another prominent result of the current study is that the students are indecisive about.

  • Issue Year: 8/2016
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 567-578
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish