Cultivating adaptability and competency through enhancing hotel employability skills and language communication abilities

Abstract

As internationalization and competition intensify, the hotel industry is being confronted with changing customer demands and dynamics. This study, which involved 566 hotel employees, explored the process of developing career adaptability. The findings indicate that employability skills may indirectly influence career adaptability through career competency, while language communication abilities can enhance this development process. Additionally, the study demonstrates the interrelationship among the critical attributes of employability skills, revealing that work attitude can impact career planning through both general and professional competencies. The first and second factors of alternative models were employed to validate the proposed research model. © 2025 The Authors

Keywords

Author Keywords

employability Career adaptability Career competency Language ability Language communication

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Author Affiliations

Department of Tourism Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Department of Tourism Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Leisure and Recreation Management, Ming Chuan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Funding & Acknowledgements

National Science and Technology Council, NSTC

Grant: NSTC 113-2410-H-992-004 -

The authors would like to thank anonymous reviewers for useful suggestions and the National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan for financial support [Grant number: NSTC 113-2410-H-992-004 -].

National Science and Technology Council, NSTC

The authors would like to thank anonymous reviewers for useful suggestions and the National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan for financial support [Grant number: NSTC 113-2410-H-992-004 -].

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Cultivating adaptability and competency through enhancing hotel employability skills and language communication abilities

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