The serious impact of the COVID-19 pandemic also affected educational institutions offering tourism programs and students’ perceptions of their future career in the industry. The study determined and ...compared the career perceptions of Tourism Management students in Far Eastern University Manila, Philippines before and during the COVID-19 pandemic with the end view of providing significant inputs to the development of programs for the tourism students in relation to their career opportunities. Using the mixed methods approach and the simple random and purposive sampling techniques, 196 third year tourism management students enrolled in AY 2020–2021 in a private Institution in Manila, Philippines completed the researcher-made survey questionnaire to gather quantitative data. On the other hand, focus group discussion (FGD) was conducted on six pre-selected student-participants to collect qualitative data. The use of a paired sample T-Test proved that there is a significant difference in the student career perception before and during the pandemic. The qualitative findings revealed that: 1) the Tourism Industry as a major business sector was severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; 2) the students perceive their career opportunities in the Tourism Industry during this pandemic as full of uncertainties; 3) implementing a relevant and timely program that will address the students' wants and needs must be put into action to help the students adapt to the current situation. Accordingly, Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) are encouraged to provide the students a more comprehensive student career opportunity program that will address the changes in student career perceptions and uncertainties on their future career opportunities in the Tourism Industry.
We find that firms experiencing improvements in crowdsourced employer ratings significantly outperform firms with declines. The return effect is concentrated among reviews from current employees, ...stronger among early firm reviews, and also stronger when the employee works in the headquarters state. Decomposing employer ratings, we find the return effect is related to changing employee assessments of Career Opportunities and views of senior management. It is unrelated to work-life balance. Employer rating changes are associated with growth in sales and profitability and help forecast one-quarter-ahead earnings announcement surprises. The evidence is consistent with employee reviews revealing fundamental information about the firm.
This study looks into the intricate connections between leadership style, pay, career possibilities, employee performance, staff retention, and the productivity of Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized ...Enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia. The study employed a quantitative research methodology using Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) analysis to gather and examine data from 487 employees of MSMEs in Indonesia. Significant conclusions emerged from the data, including the following: high employee performance positively impacts employee retention and MSME performance, structured career opportunities enhance employee outcomes, remuneration impacts both employee performance and retention, and employee retention impacts MSME performance. These results highlight HRM strategies' role in motivating workers' productivity and retention, boosting MSMEs' overall success in the Indonesian market.