관광⋅호스피탈리티 전공 대학생의 글로벌역량, 고용가능성 인식, 삶의만족에 관한 연구: 사회인지진로이론을 중심으로

The purpose of this study is to find out the relationship between global competence, self-perceived employability, and the life satisfaction of college students majoring in tourism-related studies in Korea. The importance of this study lies in the nature of the tourism industry where global competence is critical to be a part of the industry. Moreover, with a hyper-competitive globalized business environment, the employability of individuals is increasingly receiving more attentions. However, many studies on global competence and employability are mostly from management’s perspectives. With a high tendency to consider one’s wellness as a top priority and work-life balance as what people care about the most when choosing jobs, the tourism industry has been losing its popularity in the job market even for the tourism-related majoring college students. Using a sample of 147 tourism major students from G University in Korea, this study examined the relationship between global competence, perceived employability, and life satisfaction, with Social Cognitive Career Theory as its ground theory. Results included 142 students, and it showed that there was a partially significant influence of global competence on perceived employability, and perceived employability had a significant influence on life satisfaction. The finding of this study is significant since it may be the popularity recovering point of the tourism industry in the job market.