To Study The Impact Of Industrial Training Exposure On Career Perception Of Female Students In Hotel Industry: With Reference To Haryana And Chandigarh Tricity Hotels

Abstract

In today’s world role of females in hotel industry is evident, one cannot imagine hospitality industry without presence of females. Enormous job opportunities are created specifically for females in hotel industry; more and more females are encouraged to join hotel management courses and also to pursue their career in the same line. Despite of efforts made a small proportion of females join hotel industry upon graduation and there is no concrete data available in this context. Industrial training exposure is considered as one of the essential component of hotel management courses bridging the gap between theory and practical knowledge provided in hotel management institutes. Benefits of Industrial training are considered well but impact of industrial training on perception of female students are not analysed. This paper is focused on investigation of female students’ perception after industrial training as by gaining better understanding of females’ perception more females can be encouraged to join hotel industry on completion of their course. To derive useful information, a mixed technique that included analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data was applied. A total of 400 responses were collected through questionnaire, which was vigilantly designed based on 5 point Likert scale. All the respondents were females who have undergone industrial training from hotels of Haryana and Chandigarh Tricity. A multiple linear regression was applied to determine the impact of 13 attributes of Industrial Training exposure on career perception of female students in hotel industry.The results of the multiple linear regression analysis implied that 10 out of 13 attributes of Industrial training exposure had a significant impact on career perception of female students in Hotel Industry.