The influence of career path elements, mentoring and career development strategies on women employability in Iran’s tourism industry / Simin Saghafi

One of the important criteria in evaluating a country’s development is the attention given towards women’s welfare, development and also recognizing their active and creative powers. In the past three years, Iran’s fifth five-year plan (2011-2015) showed an indication of various amount of barriers f...

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spelling my-uitm-ir.258082022-11-24T04:51:04Z The influence of career path elements, mentoring and career development strategies on women employability in Iran’s tourism industry / Simin Saghafi 2014 Saghafi, Simin Travel and state. Tourism Travel and the state. Tourism One of the important criteria in evaluating a country’s development is the attention given towards women’s welfare, development and also recognizing their active and creative powers. In the past three years, Iran’s fifth five-year plan (2011-2015) showed an indication of various amount of barriers for women’s employability such as low level of literacy, low variety for job opportunities and high cost of labor particularly for women. It is worth noting that the booming tourism industry has created vast economic opportunities, creating job prospects for women globally and it is also said to provide better opportunities for women’s participation in the workforce, entrepreneurship and leadership as compared to other sectors of the economy. This study was conducted to examine the influence of career path elements, mentoring and career development strategies towards women employability in the Iran’s tourism industry. A total of 350 questionnaires were distributed to female workers in hotels, travel agencies and tour guide associations in the capital city of Tehran, Iran, with a response rate of 52 percent. Data was analyzed by using various forms of statistical tool such as descriptive analysis, factor analysis, reliability test and multiple regression. Results of multiple regression showed significant influence of career path elements and mentoring towards women’s employability (3 = .46 and 20 (p <.05). Also based on these results, in the presence of career development strategies (P=.34, p<.01), the partial mediation has taken place in the relationship between career path elements and women employability. Meanwhile results for this study supported all hypotheses. The results of this study are able to further bridge the gap found in previous studies in women employability in tourism industry that did not stress on the importance of separating the measurement of career path elements. The findings of present study also have implications for the organizations in Iran’s tourism industry. 2014 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25808/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25808/2/25808.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Hotel & Tourism Management Zainal, Artinah
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Zainal, Artinah
topic Travel and state
Tourism
Travel and state
Tourism
spellingShingle Travel and state
Tourism
Travel and state
Tourism
Saghafi, Simin
The influence of career path elements, mentoring and career development strategies on women employability in Iran’s tourism industry / Simin Saghafi
description One of the important criteria in evaluating a country’s development is the attention given towards women’s welfare, development and also recognizing their active and creative powers. In the past three years, Iran’s fifth five-year plan (2011-2015) showed an indication of various amount of barriers for women’s employability such as low level of literacy, low variety for job opportunities and high cost of labor particularly for women. It is worth noting that the booming tourism industry has created vast economic opportunities, creating job prospects for women globally and it is also said to provide better opportunities for women’s participation in the workforce, entrepreneurship and leadership as compared to other sectors of the economy. This study was conducted to examine the influence of career path elements, mentoring and career development strategies towards women employability in the Iran’s tourism industry. A total of 350 questionnaires were distributed to female workers in hotels, travel agencies and tour guide associations in the capital city of Tehran, Iran, with a response rate of 52 percent. Data was analyzed by using various forms of statistical tool such as descriptive analysis, factor analysis, reliability test and multiple regression. Results of multiple regression showed significant influence of career path elements and mentoring towards women’s employability (3 = .46 and 20 (p <.05). Also based on these results, in the presence of career development strategies (P=.34, p<.01), the partial mediation has taken place in the relationship between career path elements and women employability. Meanwhile results for this study supported all hypotheses. The results of this study are able to further bridge the gap found in previous studies in women employability in tourism industry that did not stress on the importance of separating the measurement of career path elements. The findings of present study also have implications for the organizations in Iran’s tourism industry.
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title The influence of career path elements, mentoring and career development strategies on women employability in Iran’s tourism industry / Simin Saghafi
title_short The influence of career path elements, mentoring and career development strategies on women employability in Iran’s tourism industry / Simin Saghafi
title_full The influence of career path elements, mentoring and career development strategies on women employability in Iran’s tourism industry / Simin Saghafi
title_fullStr The influence of career path elements, mentoring and career development strategies on women employability in Iran’s tourism industry / Simin Saghafi
title_full_unstemmed The influence of career path elements, mentoring and career development strategies on women employability in Iran’s tourism industry / Simin Saghafi
title_sort influence of career path elements, mentoring and career development strategies on women employability in iran’s tourism industry / simin saghafi
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department Faculty of Hotel & Tourism Management
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