The Effect of Career Adaptability on Academic Outcomes among Hospitality Undergraduate Students

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Hotel Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Sadat City University

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Career adaptability (CA) is a critical psychosocial resource for students because it gives them a high resilience that enables them to face the challenges and changes that arise at unpredictable times in uncertain work climates. In addition, CA has many positive consequences in the educational context, for example, increased academic participation. Thus, this research assesses students’ CA and explores the extent to which their academic outcomes (i.e., engagement; satisfaction; performance; persistence) are achieved. This study also examines the impact of CA on these four types of academic outcomes. For achieving these objectives, data were collected using questionnaires from a convenience sample of 400 undergraduate students of the hotel studies department in five tourism and hotels (T&H) colleges. However, valid questionnaire forms received from students were 371, with a response rate of 92.3 percent. To analyze these forms, descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, and multiple regression analysis were used. A key finding is related to confirming the positive relations of students’ CA with all four academic outcomes. Therefore, it is recommended that T&H colleges should increase the level of academic outcomes by enhancing students’ CA by offering motivational seminars and educational workshops on career planning and career exploration. Additionally, colleges and students should increase positive factors that improve students’ CA (e.g., perceived social support).

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