Career change intentions of eco-tourism and hospitality management University graduates

Abstract

In the recent past, there has been an influx of hospitality management university graduate employees into non hospitality organizations in Kenya. However, the main causes of this career change have not been examined. This study thus intended to investigate career change intentions of hospitality management graduates of Maseno University. The employees sampling frame consisted of employees who graduated from Maseno University in the years 2005 to 2010. Snowballing sampling was used to identify 150 representatives. The findings indicated that some graduates would like to build permanent careers outside the hospitality industry.