Determining tourism graduate employability, knowledge, skills, and competencies in a VUCA world: Constructing a tourism employability model.
The aim of this study was to determine tourism graduates’ employability, knowledge, skills, and competencies in a VUCA world by constructing a tourism employability model. The concept of employability differs depending on the context, as well as the views of the people making employment decisions an...
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| author | N. Wakelin-Theron Wilfred I. Ukpere J. Spowart |
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| description | The aim of this study was to determine tourism graduates’ employability, knowledge, skills, and competencies in a VUCA world by constructing a tourism employability model. The concept of employability differs depending on the context, as well as the views of the people making employment decisions and those seeking employment in a VUCA world. It has become imperative to ensure an adequate level of preparedness among tourism graduates in a world dominated by technology, by
understanding what the important knowledge, skills, and competencies are to enhance graduates’ chances of securing and sustaining employment in the tourism industry in South Africa. The researcher adopted a sequential explanatory mixed method, which entailed combining quantitative and qualitative methods. A significant relationship was found between professional skills, personality traits, knowledge skills, and operational skills in the tourism industry. The originality of this study is that it developed a
tourism graduate employability model for a VUCA world that is abbreviated to include the concepts Volatile, Unknown, Complex, and Ambiquity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e06ba73ba8b048ec9f5bfa53926a2c732022-12-21T22:07:22ZengAfricaJournalsAfrican Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure2223-814X2019-05-0183Determining tourism graduate employability, knowledge, skills, and competencies in a VUCA world: Constructing a tourism employability model.N. Wakelin-Theron0Wilfred I. Ukpere1J. Spowart2Department of Tourism, School of Tourism and Hospitality College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Industrial Psychology & People Management College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, South AfricaCollege of Business and Economics University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to determine tourism graduates’ employability, knowledge, skills, and competencies in a VUCA world by constructing a tourism employability model. The concept of employability differs depending on the context, as well as the views of the people making employment decisions and those seeking employment in a VUCA world. It has become imperative to ensure an adequate level of preparedness among tourism graduates in a world dominated by technology, by understanding what the important knowledge, skills, and competencies are to enhance graduates’ chances of securing and sustaining employment in the tourism industry in South Africa. The researcher adopted a sequential explanatory mixed method, which entailed combining quantitative and qualitative methods. A significant relationship was found between professional skills, personality traits, knowledge skills, and operational skills in the tourism industry. The originality of this study is that it developed a tourism graduate employability model for a VUCA world that is abbreviated to include the concepts Volatile, Unknown, Complex, and Ambiquity.https://www.ajhtl.com/uploads/7/1/6/3/7163688/article_58_vol_8_3__2019.pdfemployabilitytourism industryhigher educationtourism graduatesVUCA world |
| spellingShingle | N. Wakelin-Theron Wilfred I. Ukpere J. Spowart Determining tourism graduate employability, knowledge, skills, and competencies in a VUCA world: Constructing a tourism employability model. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure employability tourism industry higher education tourism graduates VUCA world |
| title | Determining tourism graduate employability, knowledge, skills, and competencies in a VUCA world: Constructing a tourism employability model. |
| title_full | Determining tourism graduate employability, knowledge, skills, and competencies in a VUCA world: Constructing a tourism employability model. |
| title_fullStr | Determining tourism graduate employability, knowledge, skills, and competencies in a VUCA world: Constructing a tourism employability model. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determining tourism graduate employability, knowledge, skills, and competencies in a VUCA world: Constructing a tourism employability model. |
| title_short | Determining tourism graduate employability, knowledge, skills, and competencies in a VUCA world: Constructing a tourism employability model. |
| title_sort | determining tourism graduate employability knowledge skills and competencies in a vuca world constructing a tourism employability model |
| topic | employability tourism industry higher education tourism graduates VUCA world |
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