Tracing hospitality and tourism graduates’ career mobility

Tolkach, Denis;Tung, Vincent Wing Sun

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Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate the career patterns and global mobility trajectories of hospitality and tourism graduates that are relevant for global knowledge and local talent management. Design/methodology/approach: This study maps and assesses the public profiles of over 2,000 hospitality and tourism graduates from five institutions each from a different territory using a popular online professional network. Findings: The findings highlight a network of worldwide mobility from hospitality and tourism graduates of the five institutions. The findings also suggest five different types of mobility trajectories (i.e. stateside, intra-regional, continental, inter-regional and global) and career patterns (i.e. rooted, prospector, seeker, two-homes and wanderer). Research limitations/implications: Geographical mobility of graduates in tourism and hospitality is one of the less studied phenomena; however, it is important to understand due to growing concerns regarding globalization of the workplace and internationalization of education. Practical implications: This study provides insights into how knowledge transfer and talent management could be impacted by the global graduate movements. Originality/value: This is one of the first studies to date to combine mobility trajectories with a classification of career patterns to provide implications relevant for global knowledge and local talent management.

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International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

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1757-1049

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Emerald Group Publishing

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10.1108/IJCHM-10-2018-0857