Jagannath, Debadatta and Mishra, Rajiv and Pal, Subhabaha and Mishra, Namrata and Singh, Mantun Kumar (2017) Is Internship Influencing Hotel Management Students’ Perception about Hospitality Industry? International Journal of Economic Research, 14 (9). pp. 391-400. ISSN 09729380

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Abstract

Internship is an important component in any hotel management course. Many studies reveal that internship enhance the employability aspect of the students in vocational courses. The true nature of the professional world is revealed to the hotel management students through the internship program. Through experiencing the internship program, the students get a glimpse of the industry where they are supposed to work in future part of their lives. Many pros and cons of the professional world get exposed to them during this period. Any study is yet to be done which try to expose the change of perception of the students about several issues relevant for the hotel industry before and after the internship program. This study is an initial attempt in that direction. 328 hotel management students spread across India have been surveyed twice before and after the internship in order to understand whether they embrace similar views about the issues relevant in hotel industry before and after the internship program. The changes of views on certain issues are also observed separately for boy and girl students.

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