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Virtual Internships in Hospitality Management Education: Complexities and Possibilities

Virtual Internships in Hospitality Management Education: Complexities and Possibilities

Michelle O'Shea, Karina Wardle, Sarah Collado
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781668459140|ISBN10: 1668459140|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668459188|EISBN13: 9781668459157
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5914-0.ch009
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O'Shea, Michelle, et al. "Virtual Internships in Hospitality Management Education: Complexities and Possibilities." Handbook of Research on Education Institutions, Skills, and Jobs in the Digital Era, edited by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, et al., IGI Global, 2023, pp. 145-166. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5914-0.ch009

APA

O'Shea, M., Wardle, K., & Collado, S. (2023). Virtual Internships in Hospitality Management Education: Complexities and Possibilities. In P. Ordóñez de Pablos, X. Zhang, & M. Almunawar (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Education Institutions, Skills, and Jobs in the Digital Era (pp. 145-166). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5914-0.ch009

Chicago

O'Shea, Michelle, Karina Wardle, and Sarah Collado. "Virtual Internships in Hospitality Management Education: Complexities and Possibilities." In Handbook of Research on Education Institutions, Skills, and Jobs in the Digital Era, edited by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, Xi Zhang, and Mohammad Nabil Almunawar, 145-166. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5914-0.ch009

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Abstract

Through interactive technologies, virtual internships provide students with supervised opportunities to apply their academic knowledge. Virtual internships represent an underserved and emerging space for conceptual and practical enquiry. Drawing from key stakeholder perspectives, this chapter explores the contribution of virtual internships to the employability of hospitality management students. The benefits and challenges of virtual internships are examined. The salience of this research is amplified by the economic and societal impacts emanating from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the face of pandemic-induced lockdowns, universities converted face-to-face learning and teaching online. This pivot was particularly challenging from a work-integrated learning (WIL) perspective. Students completing internships were required to retreat from the office to the online sphere or their internships and experiential learning opportunities ended abruptly; the significance of which induced the chapter focus.

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