The relationship of job seeker work experience and gender to the importance placed on work-related attributes

This study investigates individual perceptions of work related attributes during the employment search process. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to investigate: 1) the relationship of job seeker work experience to the importance placed on work-related attributes, and 2) the relationship of job seeker gender to the importance placed on work-related attributes. Six hundred and ninety-four graduating baccalaureate hospitality students from eleven nationwide universities with accredited hotel-restaurant programs participated in this study. Hypotheses proposed in this study were largely unsupported. Methodological difficulties associated with survey instrumentation and administration rendered the findings of this study inconclusive.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

General Business

Department dc:contributor.department

General Business

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1989

Author dc:creator

• Vest, Jusanne Meltzer

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Hills, Frederick S.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Madigan, Robert M.
• Murrmann, Kent
• Murrmann, Suzanne
• Scott, K. Dow

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54801

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/54801