An assessment of work integrated learning (WIL) in hospitality tertiary education
Work integrated learning (WIL), industry-based experiences and the development of business ready skills in graduates have been a source of major contention between employers and tertiary educators. Dissatisfaction with graduate employability has been elevated within contemporary discussion with particular references made to a lack of general job skills and practical industry-specific competence. Such dissatisfaction transverses disciplinary boundaries and is of heightened concern for the hospitality industry due to the service orientation of the work. Work integrated learning is emerging withi... Show more
Authors: Wardle, Karina Michelle
Published: Sydney, New South Wales, University of Western Sydney, 2014
Resource type: Thesis
Physical description: xi, 361 p.
Access item: http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:29764
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