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Career Motivation Among Graduating Tourism Students of Trinity University of Asia

Hershey Gale Pamintuan | Cherry Pat Abiva

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study identified and analyzed the motivating factors for Tourism students to pursue a career in Tourism at Trinity University of Asia. All the graduating Tourism students for the School year 2007-2008 were taken as participants. Data were gathered through a researcher-designed survey questionnaire which employed the Likert scale. The Scale included three motivating factors: curriculum and instruction, physical plant and facilities, and perceived career benefits as a result of reading literature on the sources of student motivation and which surfaced in the pre-survey done to third-year Tourism students. Percentage, weighted mean and Pearson r were used to analyze the data.

 

Though the computed mean scores of the three motivating factors varied slightly, they were all interpreted as ‘Agree’ which means that the students were motivated by the said factors. Perceived career benefits came out as the top motivating factor which was closely followed by physical plant and facilities and curriculum and instruction respectively. It was found out further that the three motivating factors were significantly interrelated with one another. This means that to effect a high level of motivation among the Tourism students in the pursuit of their chosen career, an update and improvement in the school’s physical plant and facilities necessitate an enrichment in curriculum and instruction as well as an enhanced information on perceived career benefits.