Self-assessment of competences and their impact on the perceived chances for a successful university-to-work transition: the example of tourism degree students in Poland
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Competences are the most important career capital a university graduate can have. The objective of the paper is to determine which competences acquired at tourism degree programmes affect students' self-assessment regarding their own competitive advantage on the labour market. The data was collected during a nationwide diagnostic survey (N = 476) carried out at ten Polish universities among students finishing their tourism degree courses. Principal component analysis allowed us to identify a set of competences that have a significant impact on the students' perception of their chances of finding employment in the tourism industry. These are: ability to cope with challenges and stress; writing and speaking skills in a foreign language; public speaking; planning and implementation of subject-specific projects; ability to conduct subject-specific research and perseverance. The higher the assessment of each of the above, the more confident of their competitive advantage on the labour market the students were.
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- Authors
- Piróg, D., Kilar, W., & Rettinger, R.
- Affiliations
- Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie (PL)
- Corresponding author
- Piróg, Danuta
- Venue
- Tertiary Education and Management
- Published
- 2021-10-27
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 367-384
- ISSN
- 1358-3883 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-1936
- PMC
- PMC8549601
- OpenAlex
- W3208370431
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 71
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5
- FWCI
- 5.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Tertiary Education and Management (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education and Employability
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management › Hospitality and Tourism Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Competency Development and Evaluation
- Keywords
- self-assessment of competence, university-to-work transition, labor market competitiveness, graduate employability, career capital, tourism employment, stress coping, foreign language proficiency, public speaking, research skills, perseverance, Polish universities
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