The employment situation of the students studying for food and beverage management bachelor’s degree within the sector

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-133
Author(s):  
Emel Memis Kocaman ◽  
Mehmet Kocaman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
The Government

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the working conditions of the students of food and beverage management in the sector throughout their education. Design/methodology/approach – The survey method was a direct (face-to-face) interview. The study included 145 undergraduate students studying in food and beverage management department. Data were collected through questionnaires. The questionnaire form was composed with students’ demographical information (age, gender, class), vocational education situations (high school education) and also sector experience. Findings – The number of students working in pubs increases with grade and the students who had education in the cuisine department of vocational high schools had the highest number of students working in the cuisine in the sector. The working period of men were determined to be higher and the students who did not receive vocational education in high school were determined to have shorter working periods. The study concluded that the students had working experiences in different departments of sector throughout their education and businesses are inclined to employ individuals with educational backgrounds in this field. Research limitations/implications – The research data is limited by the answers of the students which they gave to the questionnaire. The answers which the students gave are considered to be true. The research was only limited for the students studying in the food and beverage management education in a university located in Turkey. New research can be made regarding the food and beverage management education’s impact on the employment in the sector and the opinions of the sector managers. Practical implications – As professional experience is an important indicator for success, application of education within a given sector is crucial. Informed manager and employee will enable the growth of the businesses, which in return will enable domestic and eventually national growth in the economy. Social implications – In order for food safety within the food and beverage sector and the application of healthy nutrition methods the students studying in this field has important responsibilities. As the number of graduates raise and the employment of educated personnel, positive development in the health of the society and increasing the quality of services can be accomplished. This growth can be furthered with the legal incentives of the government that favours educated and well-informed employees. Especially with a legal obligation for the management of these food and beverage businesses to have had graduated with a bachelor’s degree, the service quality will experience a considerable increase in a short time. Such managers can help further aid personnel through job-shadowing. In accordance with the tourism investments, the education of young population in this area may contribute resolving unemployment problem. Originality/value – The research will give an idea of the enterprises willingness of employing such students and the students’ trend on working in their professional sectors.

Determinants of the academic performance of undergraduate students in statistics bachelor’s degree program

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Darwish Abdulrahman Yousef
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
University Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Undergraduate Statistics

PurposeThe present study aims to investigate the effects of a number of demographic and academic factors, such as gender, age, nationality (Emirati vs non-Emirati), high school major (arts vs science) and high school score, on the academic performance – measured by overall grade point average – of undergraduate students majoring in statistics at United Arab Emirates University.Design/methodology/approachThis study includes 188 undergraduate statistics students (142 female and 46 male) for the academic years 2012-2013 to 2015-2016. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data.FindingsThe results indicate that gender, age and nationality have no significant impacts on the academic performance of undergraduate students in statistics bachelor’s degree program, while high school major and high school score do.Research limitations/implicationsThis study had several limitations. First, only students of one university were included in this study, which would have limited the generalizability of the results. Second, the study focused on the impact of a limited number of factors on academic performance of undergraduate statistics students. But, the study has a number of implications for students, educators and university policy-makers.Originality/valueThe present study is the first attempt to explore the factors that might affect the academic performance of undergraduate students in statistics bachelor’s degree program in an Arabic setting.

Evaluation and analysis of SDG reporting: evidence from Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olayinka Adedayo Erin ◽  
Omololu Adex Bamigboye
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Global Reporting Initiative ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Business Reporting ◽  
Accounting Research ◽  
The Government

Purpose The 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDG) have gained considerable attention in research and public debate. This calls for accounting research on the subject of SDG disclosure. Based on this premise, this paper aims to evaluate and analyze the extent of SDG reporting by 80 listed firms from 8 selected African countries for the period of 2016 to 2018. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a content analysis and survey method to evaluate the extent of SDG reporting by the selected African countries. This paper conducted content analysis through the use of the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) framework and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework to gauge the extent of firms’ compliance with SDG reporting. Also, this paper uses the business reporting indicators for each SDG developed by GRI to determine the compliance level of the selected firms regarding SDG reporting. The survey was targeted at the big four audit firms (PwC, KPMG, Ernst and Young and Deloitte and Touche). Findings The evaluation of SDG disclosure by the 80 listed firms in Africa is still at a very low level except for South African firms. Also, the findings of the business reporting indicators for each SDG target show that most of the firms show little or no concern to report on SDG activities. The result of the research survey indicates that voluntary disclosure, lack of management commitment, lack of regulatory enforcement and cost implications account for low SDG disclosure by the selected African firms. Research limitations/implications This study fails to consider the qualitative research approach in determining the extent of SDG disclosure in Africa, as the study did not allow respondents to freely express their opinion on SDG disclosure, as a large part of the survey used close-ended questionnaires. Practical implications This study’s findings call for clear responsibility and a strong drive for SDG performance from corporate institutions in Africa. While the overall responsibility rests on the government, the actualization of SDG cannot be achieved without support from corporate organizations. The empirical approach used in this study emphasizes the need for corporate organizations to embrace sustainable practices and to integrate SDG information into their reporting cycle. Originality/value This study contributes to growing literature in the area of corporate reporting, sustainability reporting and SDG research in Africa and other emerging economies. Also, this study provides original insight into the contribution of accounting research toward the achievement of SDG.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KETIDAKAMANAN STREET FOOD DI SEPANJANG JALAN SILIWANGI

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Lilik Hidayati ◽  
Nur Lina
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Individual Factor ◽  
Contaminated Food ◽  
Chemical Contaminant ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rhodamin B ◽  
Continue Monitoring

Street foods is one of common food for undergraduate students. There are many contaminat wich can contamined street foods, such as biological, phisical, and chemical contaminant. Many health problem can be caused by contaminated food. The purpose of this reseach is to indentify chemical contaminat in street foods that is sold in front of Siliwangi University, Siliwangi street. This research is using survey method with 37 sample of street foods that are taken from 18 food�s seller. Chemical contaminant was indetify using food contaminat detection kit. Individual factor such as education, age, and income and also who is the producer of streets were also measured in this study. Univariat analysis use the frequency distribution table, graph, and statistical calculation values. The result of this research are most of the responden�s education are yunior high school and senior high school. Average of respondens are 35 years old, and daily income are Rp 314.000,00. Most of the street foods is produced by the own seller. Chemical contaminat detection showed borax and Rhodamin B aren�t detected. But formalin is found in two street foods. The recomendation are continue monitoring and ecducating food street�s seller abaout the impact of using chemical food additives.

Rural education across China’s 40 years of reform: past successes and future challenges

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ai Yue ◽  
Bin Tang ◽  
Yaojiang Shi ◽  
Jingjing Tang ◽  
Guanminjia Shang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Rural Education ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Rural Children ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rural Schooling ◽  
The Government

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the policy and trends in rural education in China over the past 40 years; and also discuss a number of challenges that are faced by China’s rural school system. Design/methodology/approach The authors use secondary data on policies and trends over the past 40 years for preschool, primary/junior high school, and high school. Findings The trends over the past 40 years in all areas of rural schooling have been continually upward and strong. While only a low share of rural children attended preschool in the 1980s, by 2014 more than 90 percent of rural children were attending. The biggest achievement in compulsory education is that the rise in the number of primary students that finish grade 6 and matriculate to junior high school. There also was a steep rise of those going to and completing high school. While the successes in upscaling rural education are absolutely unprecedented, there are still challenges. Research limitations/implications This is descriptive analysis and there is not causal link established between policies and rural schooling outcomes. Practical implications The authors illustrate one of the most rapid rises of rural education in history and match the achievements up with the policy efforts of the government. The authors also explore policy priorities that will be needed in the coming years to raise the quality of schooling. Originality/value This is the first paper that documents both the policies and the empirical trends of the success that China has created in building rural education from preschool to high school during the first 40 years of reform (1978-2018). The paper also documents – drawing on the literature and the own research – the achievements and challenges that China still face in the coming years, including issues of gender, urbanization, early childhood education and health and nutrition of students.

Importance of Creativity and Innovation for Gastronomy and Business Tourism

2020 ◽  
pp. 261-280
Author(s):  
Nurgül Boz ◽  
Hande Mutlu Ozturk
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
School Education ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
Science And Art ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Type Of School

Gastronomy examines, researches, and applies the food and beverage culture of a society in the historical process. Gastronomy is also a field of science that includes elements of science and art. The aim of gastronomy education is to train experts with the knowledge and equipment needed by the sector. Creativity is an important parameter in the field of gastronomy. The concept of creativity can be defined in different ways. In a simple way, creativity is used in the meaning of creating, revealing, and discovering the unknown. The Torrance scale is one of the most widely used methods for measuring creativity. In this chapter, the effect of gender, the type of school graduated at high school, and pre-school education on creativity was examined for undergraduate students studying gastronomy at the universities. The importance of gastronomy in business tourism is increasing. The development of creative ideas and thoughts by gastronomy employees can positively affect gastronomy tourism.

Societal institutions and control system characteristics: empirical evidence from the UAE

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayada Abd El-Aziz Youssef ◽  
Essam Moustafa
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Control

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the existence of two sets of factors societal institutions and management control systems’ (MCS) characteristics in the UAE business entities. Subsequently, this paper empirically examines the bilateral and the multivariate associations between the two sets. The societal institutions include six factors categorised in three main groups: cultural conventions, state structures and policies and skill development and control. The MCS characteristics consist of four factors which are: reliance on formal rules, control over the behaviour of employees, involvement of subordinates in target setting and performance evaluation and scope of information used in performance evaluation. Design/methodology/approach – Whitley’s model (1999) is adopted in the UAE business environment and the analyses are performed at the organisational level. Qualified accounting officials and managers are surveyed. The Kruskal-Wallis test, Spearman’s partial correlation and multiple regression are used for data analyses. Findings – Findings reveal the characteristics of the UAE societal institutions and the MCS in UAE organisations. They also reveal significant associations among four of the societal institution factors and most of the MCS characteristics. The results highlight the role played by the government structures and policies group in influencing the MCS characteristics in the UAE organisations. However, these results do not entirely agree with Whitley’s model. Research limitations/implications – The results of this study are restricted by the typical constraints associated with the survey method. The obtained results have implications for researchers and managers in facilitating the understanding of the relations among the various societal institutions and the MCS characteristics. Originality/value – This research, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, provides significant new empirical evidence into the relation between societal institutions and MCS characteristics in a non-Western economy.

Factors influencing career choice of tertiary students in Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (9) ◽  
pp. 992-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godfred M.Y. Owusu ◽  
Anthony Essel-Anderson ◽  
Teddy Ossei Kwakye ◽  
Rita Amoah Bekoe ◽  
Charles Gyamfi Ofori
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Attractive Option

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that influence Ghanaian tertiary students’ career choices. The paper explores the dimensionality of the career choice factors within the Ghanaian context and also ascertains their degree of influence on students’ career choices. Design/methodology/approach The study employs survey method of research and a set of questionnaire was used to examine the factors that influence students’ career choices. A total of 354 undergraduate students from the Ashesi University College in Ghana participated in the study. Factor analysis was conducted on the career choice factors and differences in response between science and business students were ascertained by means of independent sample t-test. Findings The findings of this study indicate that university students in Ghana place much premium on intrinsic value and employability/financial prospect in their career choice decisions than such factors as prestige and desired working conditions. Research limitations/implications The findings of this study are relevant for policymakers and tertiary education providers interested in making the study of science an attractive option for university students in Ghana. Originality/value The findings of this paper highlight some of the underlining reasons for the unpopularity of the study of sciences among university students in Ghana.

Effects of service encounter barriers on situational abnormality and consumers' behavioral intentions at food and beverage restaurants

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naeem Akhtar ◽  
Umar Iqbal Siddiqi ◽  
Wasim Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Usman ◽  
Xianglan Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Restaurant Industry ◽  
Service Encounter ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Downstream Effects ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Revisit Intentions

PurposeThe present study unveils the service encounter barriers – interactional and instructional – faced by foreign consumers at food and beverage restaurants in China. It builds a conceptual framework and examines (1) how service encounter barriers create situational abnormality, (2) how situational abnormality engenders foreign consumers' felt discomfort that influences their revisit intentions and (3) how expectations disconfirmation moderates situational abnormality.Design/methodology/approachConvenience sampling using the survey method was employed to collect data from 517 foreign consumers – who stay in Beijing (China) – at food and beverage restaurants. The study used IBM SPSS 25.0 and Amos Graphics 24.0 to analyze the data and interpret results.FindingsFindings reveal that interactional and instructional barriers positively create situational abnormality, which ultimately leads to foreign consumers' felt discomfort and their negative revisit intentions. Expectations disconfirmation significantly aggravates situational abnormality as a moderator.Research limitations/implicationsThis study investigates foreign consumers' behavior at food and beverage restaurants in China and cautions its generalizability. It suggests corroborating the foreign consumers' behavioral intentions in the context of other countries to generalize the findings and unleash other factors additive to comprehend their behavior in the wake of restaurant industry.Originality/valueThe extant literature has not examined the service encounter barriers faced by foreign consumers at food and beverage restaurants in China. The present study, responding to the previous calls, incorporated the service encounter barriers and their downstream effects on foreign consumers' behavioral responses. By doing so, it adds value to the domestic food and beverage restaurants and service firms in China, in particular, and paves the way to understand the interactional and instructional barriers in the global context, in general, by engaging the foreign consumers.

scholarly journals Honesty as a value in the interpersonal relationships in organizations

2022 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
Maria Czajkowska-Białkowska
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Ethical Attitudes ◽  
A Value ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Difference

The crisis caused by COVID-19 has increased interest to the subject of integrity in organizations. The purpose of this study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the opinions on the value of honesty, broken down by the group of supervisors and subordinates during the crisis caused by COVID-19. The analysis was carried out in Poland among undergraduate students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in fields representing disciplines other than management. The paper used a survey method; 102 respondents took part in the survey. 9.52% of men and 5.00% of women in the group of subordinates did not have opinions on this subject. In the group of supervisors, the situation was completely opposite: 6.25% of women and 4.76% of men showed such a result. Significant discrepancies were noticed in the assessment of the importance of honesty depending on the education field of the respondents. The difference between the highest assessments of the importance of this value was 33.70 percentage points in the supervisors’ group, and 38.64 percentage points in the subordinates group. Drawing attention to this problem, which affects all participants of an organization to a different extent, may help to shape the ethical attitudes of future managers and, in consequence, manage their organizations better.

The mediating effect of strategy on entrepreneurial orientation and performance

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuli Budiati ◽  
Wisnu Untoro ◽  
Lilik Wahyudi ◽  
Mugi Harsono
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Performance

Purpose This study aims to examine the effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on performance and mediation differentiation strategies and market development in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach This research was conducted using a survey method with a population of furniture SMEs in Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia using a sample area by collecting 158 questionnaires. The data analysis method used the partial least square. Findings The result shows that EO has an impact on differentiation, market development and performance. Differentiation strategies and market development mediate the influence of EO and performance. The differentiation strategy further mediates the influence of EO on market development and market development mediates the effect of differentiation on performance. Practical implications Managers instill entrepreneurial practice in the organization by proactively creating the market and taking high-risk jobs to provide quality products and services. SMEs require capabilities that are difficult to imitate in creating designs and product quality that are different, providing pre and post-sales services and maintaining good relationships with customers and partners. SMEs emphasize flexibility and speed of operation by adjusting the production process to short waiting times and reliable delivery. The government must support general training and market information, network development, access to capital and knowledge transfer. Originality/value This paper explains the importance of differentiation and market development strategies in determining the relationship between EO and performance that has not been explored in the context of SMEs in developing countries.

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