Between online and offline channels : internship information search by tourism and hotel management college students

L.H.N. Fong; A. Lee; D. Leung; Chun Hung Roberts Law

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-36309-2_44

Between online and offline channels : internship information search by tourism and hotel management college students

L.H.N. Fong, A. Lee, D. Leung, Chun Hung Roberts Law

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research

Abstract

Accompanying with the Internet wave, a plethora of literature about online and offline information search behaviour has emerged, in particular in the domains of consumer and travel research. However, little scholarly attention falls into how tourism and hotel management college students search internship information. The current study attempts to investigate this under-researched context. Drawing on the findings from a self-administered survey with 146 tourism and hotel management college students in Hong Kong, this study confirms that the Internet is a major channel for students to search internship information whilst offline channel has not been abandoned. Moreover, students with internship experience exhibited a higher tendency to search internship information through company websites.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information and communication technologies in tourism 2013 : proceedings of the International Conference in Innsbruck, Austria, January 22-25, 2013
Publisher	Springer
Pages	519-529
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	3642363091, 9783642363092
ISBN (Print)	9783642363085
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36309-2_44
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism - Duration: 1 Jan 2013 → …

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Conference	International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism
Period	1/01/13 → …

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Offline
Internship
Channel
Source
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Fong, L. H. N., Lee, A., Leung, D., & Law, C. H. R. (2013). Between online and offline channels : internship information search by tourism and hotel management college students. In Information and communication technologies in tourism 2013 : proceedings of the International Conference in Innsbruck, Austria, January 22-25, 2013 (pp. 519-529). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36309-2_44

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Fong, LHN, Lee, A, Leung, D & Law, CHR 2013, Between online and offline channels : internship information search by tourism and hotel management college students. in Information and communication technologies in tourism 2013 : proceedings of the International Conference in Innsbruck, Austria, January 22-25, 2013. Springer, pp. 519-529, International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism, 1/01/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36309-2_44

Between online and offline channels : internship information search by tourism and hotel management college students. / Fong, L.H.N.; Lee, A.; Leung, D. et al.
Information and communication technologies in tourism 2013 : proceedings of the International Conference in Innsbruck, Austria, January 22-25, 2013. Springer, 2013. p. 519-529.

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