Profiling Managerial Entrants To the Hospitality Industry
- 1 August 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Hospitality Research Journal
- Vol. 18 (1) , 65-75
- https://doi.org/10.1177/109634809401800106
Abstract
Does gender influence the preferred work environment of potential employ ees? In other words, what precisely is the relationship between gender and work- related attribute preferences? This investigative study looked to a sample of graduating hospitality students for possible clues. Cluster analysis revealed four distinct groupings based on work-related (WR) attribute preferences: high achiev ers, interrelaters, riskavoiders, andexpeditors. The study showed that females were more highly represented than expected in the high achieverand interrelater clusters. Males, on the other hand, were overrepresented in the risk avoider group. The findings of the study should be useful to hospitality corporations as they attempt to recruit new managers based on matching individual's needs with job and organiza tional benefits.Keywords
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