Bridging the gap in skills, competencies, and knowledge: Identifying businesses' perception of Slovak and Czech tourism graduates
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F70883521%3A28120%2F25%3A63590418" target="_blank" >RIV/70883521:28120/25:63590418 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=20500195207&tip=sid&clean=0" target="_blank" >https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=20500195207&tip=sid&clean=0</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v40i.3575" target="_blank" >10.54055/ejtr.v40i.3575</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Bridging the gap in skills, competencies, and knowledge: Identifying businesses' perception of Slovak and Czech tourism graduates
Original language description
Recognising the needs of the tourism business in terms of graduate students' skills, competencies, and knowledge is a prerequisite for high employability. This study examines these needs and identifies the gap in soft, hard, and sustainability skills of tourism graduates. This empirical research addresses the following research question: What skills, knowledge, and competencies should be considered essential by higher education institutions? This subject is yet to be thoroughly explored in the Central European context. This study delves into the business perspective and analyses their expectations of tourism graduates. To offer meaningful insights, this study employs an innovative methodology, namely an importance-performance analysis, to gain insights into these skills gaps and businesses’ expected hard and soft competencies. The implications of these results extend beyond the immediate region as they may apply to the broader European Union by equipping graduates with the skills to thrive in its open market.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50204 - Business and management
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Journal of Tourism Research
ISSN
1994-7658
e-ISSN
1314-0817
Volume of the periodical
2025
Issue of the periodical within the volume
40
Country of publishing house
BG - BULGARIA
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
1-15
UT code for WoS article
001512562000016
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105008249262