Career mobility is common among hospitality and tourism graduates, often moving from one industry to another (cross-industry career mobility). The current study aims to investigate motivations for cross-industry career mobility. Moreover, this study identifies transferrable skills and sources of such skills from college and work experiences. Although previous studies have advanced our understanding of why hospitality and tourism graduates leave the industry, there is limited research on transferrable skills for cross-industry career mobility. The current study addresses this knowledge gap. The authors gathered qualitative data via 28 in-depth semi-structured interviews from hospitality and tourism graduates working in other industries, such as consulting, information technology, and finance. The current study advances understanding of why and how hospitality and tourism graduates move to other industries by drawing on the career mobility theory and the effort-reward imbalance model. Mentorship programs that connect alumni working in other industries and flexible internship arrangements to include various industries are recommended, given an increasing number of graduates going to other fields.

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酒店和旅游毕业生的跨行业职业流动性：动机和可转移技能


职业流动性在酒店和旅游毕业生中很常见，经常从一个行业转移到另一个行业（跨行业职业流动性）。目前的研究旨在调查跨行业职业流动性的动机。此外，本研究从大学和工作经验中确定了可转移的技能和此类技能的来源。尽管以前的研究加深了我们对酒店和旅游毕业生离开该行业的原因的理解，但关于跨行业职业流动性的可转移技能的研究有限。目前的研究解决了这一知识差距。作者通过对在其他行业（如咨询、信息技术和金融）工作的酒店和旅游毕业生的 28 次深入半结构化访谈收集了定性数据。目前的研究通过借鉴职业流动性理论和努力-回报不平衡模型，促进了对酒店和旅游毕业生为何以及如何转移到其他行业的理解。鉴于越来越多的毕业生进入其他领域，建议将在其他行业工作的校友联系起来，并采用灵活的实习安排以涵盖各个行业。