College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, China1; Graduate School, Jinan University, China.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2023 Feb;27(2):92-100. doi: 10.29063/ajrh2023/v27i2.10.
Brain drain has become an important issue throughout the health service sector, with gender imbalance and employment discrimination leading to an increasing number of master's graduates opting to leave the profession. To explore this issue, the study examines the impact of both internal and external factors on the employment choices of postgraduate students, which starting from the core factor of the quality of higher education and combined with the professional interest as personal factor. The study adopts the questionnaire survey method to collect questionnaire data from 338 hospitality postgraduate students in China's institutions of higher education. The study adopts Multiple Linear Regression analysis to draw the following conclusions: 1) there is a significant influence of educational quality perception on career choice, the higher the level of educational quality perception, the stronger the students' willingness to choose this field for career development; 2) there is a significant effect of professional interest on career choice, the higher the student's level of interest in the major, the greater the willingness to choose this field for career development. 3) Identity mediates the relationship between educational quality perception (and professional interest) and career choice, which means that educational quality perception and professional interest can contribute to career decisions by promoting students' identity; 4) Future work self positively moderates the relationship between identity and career choice. The clearer the students' goals for their future job development, the stronger the effect of professional identity on career choice. The research conclusions have positive implications for higher education and career guidance for postgraduate students in hospitality management.
人才流失已经成为整个医疗服务部门的一个重要问题，性别失衡和就业歧视导致越来越多的硕士毕业生选择离开这个行业。为了探讨这个问题，本研究考察了内部和外部因素对研究生就业选择的影响，这些因素从高等教育质量的核心因素出发，结合个人因素中的专业兴趣。本研究采用问卷调查法，从中国高校的 338 名酒店专业研究生中收集问卷数据。本研究采用多元线性回归分析得出以下结论：1）教育质量感知对职业选择有显著影响，教育质量感知水平越高，学生选择该领域进行职业发展的意愿越强；2）专业兴趣对职业选择有显著影响，学生对专业的兴趣水平越高，选择该领域进行职业发展的意愿就越大。3）认同中介了教育质量感知（和专业兴趣）与职业选择之间的关系，这意味着教育质量感知和专业兴趣可以通过促进学生的认同来促进职业决策；4）未来工作自我积极调节认同与职业选择之间的关系。学生对未来工作发展目标越明确，专业认同对职业选择的影响就越大。研究结论对酒店管理专业研究生的高等教育和职业指导具有积极意义。
