Tourism and Hospitality Prospects ›› 2018, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (2): 56-74.DOI: 10.12054/lydk.bisu.64

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Professional Identity of Tourism Management Program:A Perspective from Undergraduate Students in China

Jinwei WANG

  1. School of Tourism Management, Beijing International Studies University, Beijing 100024, China
  • Received:2017-09-08 Revised:2018-02-26 Online:2018-03-30 Published:2018-04-20

一级学科建设背景下的旅游管理专业认同——来自高校专业学生视角的实证研究

王金伟   

  1. 北京第二外国语学院旅游管理学院 北京 100024
  • 作者简介: 王金伟(1983— ),男,四川绵阳人,博士,北京第二外国语学院旅游管理学院讲师,研究方向:旅游经济、世界遗产、乡村旅游。

Abstract:

Professional identity significantly influences students’ professional learning and career choice. To some extent, it also influences our discipline development and major construction. However, there are few studies that directly focus on professional identity from the perspective of undergraduate tourism management students. To address the literature gap, this research explores the dimensions of professional identity and its potential impact factors by questionnaire targeting undergraduate tourism management students in China.The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) are conducted on professional identity scale to figure out the dimensions that comprise professional identity of undergraduate students in tourism management program(major). Based on the above analysis, the independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA are analyzed to confirm the differences in professional identity for students’ personal characteristics and college characteristics. EFA and CFA reveal that the professional identity of undergraduate tourism management students comprises four dimensions, namely emotion attachment, professional teaching, professional learning, and social approval. Moreover, undergraduate tourism management students have a low degree of professional identity. To be specific, students perceive relatively higher identity on emotion attachment and professional teaching, but their perceptions of professional learning and social approval are lower.In addition, the grade, enrollment methods, and school & department perform significant differences at all dimensions of professional identity, while other personal characteristics and college characteristics are significantly different at one to three dimensions.

Key words: tourism management program, professional identity, discipline development, tourism education

摘要:

“旅游管理一级学科建设”是旅游学界和业界关注的热点。而专业认同是旅游学科建设的重要核心问题,它对旅游专业建设和人才培养具有重要影响,但此问题尚未引起旅游学界的广泛关注。本文在梳理其他相关学科理论的基础上,以高等院校旅游管理专业学生为调研对象,通过全国范围内的样本问卷调查对旅游管理专业认同进行了分析,并进一步揭示了其结构维度和影响因素。研究发现:专业认同包含情感归属、专业教学、专业学习、社会认可等4个维度;个人特征和院校特征在专业认同上均存在一定差异。其中,年级、专业录取方式、院系设置在专业认同的各维度上呈现显著差异。未来旅游管理学科建设中,应该注重对学科内部“我者”的专业认同感进行培育和塑造,以提高学生的专业归属感。

关键词: 旅游管理专业, 专业认同, 学科建设, 旅游教育

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