Competency assessment and learning results in tourism internships: is gender a relevant factor?

Purpose: The aim of this article is to provide evidence about how the acquisition of competencies through internships influence student learning process results, and about whether learning process results are affected by the gender differences, by considering two sustainable development goals (SDGs)...

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Autores: Ferreras-Garcia, Raquel, Sales-Zaguirre, Jordi, Serradell-Lopez, Enric
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/148723
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/148723
http://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-05-2021-0096
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:competencies
gender
internships
learning assessment
higher education
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spelling Competency assessment and learning results in tourism internships: is gender a relevant factor?Ferreras-Garcia, RaquelSales-Zaguirre, JordiSerradell-Lopez, Enriccompetenciesgenderinternshipslearning assessmenthigher educationPurpose: The aim of this article is to provide evidence about how the acquisition of competencies through internships influence student learning process results, and about whether learning process results are affected by the gender differences, by considering two sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the 2030 United Nations’ Agenda: Gender Equality (SDG 5) and Quality Education (SDG 4). Design/methodology/approach: The study was carried out on a sample of 273 interns and their supervisors on the bachelor’s degree program in Tourism and Hospitality Management at the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Sant Ignasi who carried out curricular internships during the 2016–2020 academic years. The university internship and mobility service sends supervisors a questionnaire, the purpose of which is to rate how well students have acquired the competencies and achieved the learning process results during their internship. The supervisors complete and return the questionnaire once the student has completed the internship. Findings: The findings confirm that learning results appear to be positively influenced by certain competencies, especially personal ones such as orientation toward achievement and initiative and entrepreneurial spirit. Other results show the effect of the gender differences, as female students obtain better learning results than male students. Supervisors’ gender also seems to affect results. Practical implications: The research will help improve the design of internship-based programs of study. Originality/value: The analysis provides an innovative research and contributes knowledge on the relation between competencies and learning results in the tourism and hospitality education sector in the field of internships and on the role of the gender dimension.Emerald Publishing202320232021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10609/148723http://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-05-2021-0096reponame:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOCinstname:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)InglésHigher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, 2023, 12(1)12;1http://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-05-2021-0096CC BY-NChttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/1487232026-05-28T12:42:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Competency assessment and learning results in tourism internships: is gender a relevant factor?
title Competency assessment and learning results in tourism internships: is gender a relevant factor?
spellingShingle Competency assessment and learning results in tourism internships: is gender a relevant factor?
Ferreras-Garcia, Raquel
competencies
gender
internships
learning assessment
higher education
title_short Competency assessment and learning results in tourism internships: is gender a relevant factor?
title_full Competency assessment and learning results in tourism internships: is gender a relevant factor?
title_fullStr Competency assessment and learning results in tourism internships: is gender a relevant factor?
title_full_unstemmed Competency assessment and learning results in tourism internships: is gender a relevant factor?
title_sort Competency assessment and learning results in tourism internships: is gender a relevant factor?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ferreras-Garcia, Raquel
Sales-Zaguirre, Jordi
Serradell-Lopez, Enric
author Ferreras-Garcia, Raquel
author_facet Ferreras-Garcia, Raquel
Sales-Zaguirre, Jordi
Serradell-Lopez, Enric
author_role author
author2 Sales-Zaguirre, Jordi
Serradell-Lopez, Enric
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv competencies
gender
internships
learning assessment
higher education
topic competencies
gender
internships
learning assessment
higher education
description Purpose: The aim of this article is to provide evidence about how the acquisition of competencies through internships influence student learning process results, and about whether learning process results are affected by the gender differences, by considering two sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the 2030 United Nations’ Agenda: Gender Equality (SDG 5) and Quality Education (SDG 4). Design/methodology/approach: The study was carried out on a sample of 273 interns and their supervisors on the bachelor’s degree program in Tourism and Hospitality Management at the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Sant Ignasi who carried out curricular internships during the 2016–2020 academic years. The university internship and mobility service sends supervisors a questionnaire, the purpose of which is to rate how well students have acquired the competencies and achieved the learning process results during their internship. The supervisors complete and return the questionnaire once the student has completed the internship. Findings: The findings confirm that learning results appear to be positively influenced by certain competencies, especially personal ones such as orientation toward achievement and initiative and entrepreneurial spirit. Other results show the effect of the gender differences, as female students obtain better learning results than male students. Supervisors’ gender also seems to affect results. Practical implications: The research will help improve the design of internship-based programs of study. Originality/value: The analysis provides an innovative research and contributes knowledge on the relation between competencies and learning results in the tourism and hospitality education sector in the field of internships and on the role of the gender dimension.
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