Sharing Internship Experience on the Internet: A Study of Tourism and Hotel Management College Students

Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong (), Hee “Andy” Lee (), Chris Luk (), Daniel Leung () and Rob Law ()
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Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hee “Andy” Lee: The University of Queensland
Chris Luk: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Daniel Leung: MODUL University Vienna
Rob Law: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

A chapter in Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2014, 2013, pp 785-797 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The major objective of the current research is to compare the use of two online media, namely online-personal (platforms for communicating with someone the senders know like email and social networking sites) and online-collective (platforms for communicating with someone unknown to the senders like weblogs and Internet forums) for sharing internship experience by the tourism and hotel management college students. This study also investigates whether the use of these media vary with gender and Internet usage. Drawing on the findings from a self-administered survey with tourism and hotel management college students in a Hong Kong university, this study reveals that respondents are more likely to use online-personal media than online-collective media. Online-collective media are also found to be prevalent among males. While knowledge about interns’ experience is paramount for the improvement of internship program, internship officers and industry practitioners are recommended to ask interns to provide social networking site accounts.

Keywords: Online; Internet; Information dissemination; Strong ties; Weak ties; Internship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03973-2_57

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