Skill mismatch e profili professionali: il settore turistico-alberghiero

Ferrari, Filippo (2010): Skill mismatch e profili professionali: il settore turistico-alberghiero.

Abstract

This paper compares the skills and knowledge possessed by qualified of tourism and hotel sector with those expected by the industry; compares also the importance of specific skills and knowledge profile by school teachers and businesses. Research has found that: 1) the qualified are systematically provided for lack of skill and knowledge than required by the industry and 2) teachers systematically underestimate the relative importance of skills and knowledge for the profile considered

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Skill mismatch in tourism and hotel sector
• Language: Italian
• Keywords: skill mismatch; training needs; tourism and hotel
• Subjects: M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M5 - Personnel Economics > M53 - Training; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity

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