A correlational study of Malaysian hoteliers' self-ratings of guest interaction skills and occupational self-efficacy before and after gamification experiences /
English is widely used in the hospitality industry. With rising standards of workplace English language requirements, the demands for good oral proficiency have become a major challenge to employees. This is evident from previous researches on issues and difficulties faced by hospitality staff durin...
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100 | 1 | |a Abdulla, Nasiha |9 23774 |e author | |
245 | 2 | |a A correlational study of Malaysian hoteliers' self-ratings of guest interaction skills and occupational self-efficacy before and after gamification experiences / |c by Nasiha Abdulla | |
264 | 1 | |a Pagoh, Johor : |b Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Malaysia, |c 2021 | |
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500 | |a Abstracts in English and Arabic. | ||
500 | |a "A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in Teaching English for Specific Purposes." --On title page. | ||
502 | |a Thesis (MTESP)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2021. | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-160). | ||
520 | |a English is widely used in the hospitality industry. With rising standards of workplace English language requirements, the demands for good oral proficiency have become a major challenge to employees. This is evident from previous researches on issues and difficulties faced by hospitality staff during guest-host exchanges. While existing researches indicate that Malaysia’s hotel industry faces similar challenges, there have been only few investigations on employees’ interaction skills and self-efficacy. Malaysian hoteliers’ perceptions of their own guest interaction skills and their relationship to occupational self-efficacy, have yet to be reported too. This study aimed to investigate Malaysian hoteliers’ perception of their own guest interaction skills and occupational self-efficacy, as well as the relationship between the two, before and after gamification experiences. A survey was administered on 173 hoteliers from a hotel in Selangor, Malaysia and from a descriptive analysis done, it was revealed that all 173 respondents had below moderate to moderate perception of their guest interaction skills and occupational self-efficacy. 12 of the total respondents were then randomly selected to attend ESP classes with gamification as part of a one-group pretest-posttest quasi–experimental research. Analyses on the sample’s ratings of their own guest interaction skills and occupational self-efficacy after gamification showed that there were positive correlations with a significant difference in how they perceive their guest interaction skills and occupational self-efficacy. The hoteliers were also found to self-rate their occupational self-efficacy higher than their guest interaction skills. The findings of this study convey to both ESP instructors and hotel managers that gamification should be used in classrooms and in-house trainings as it has positive influences on how hoteliers perceive their own abilities to perform their jobs and interact with their guests. Key words: ESP, Guest Interaction Skills, Occupational Self-Efficacy, Gamification | ||
650 | 0 | |9 22887 |a Simulation games in education |z Malaysia | |
650 | 0 | |a Hotelkeepers |x Rating of |z Malaysia | |
650 | 0 | |9 7731 |a English Language |x Study and teaching |x Technological innovations |z Malaysia | |
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700 | 0 | |a Shahrul Nizam Mohd Basari |e degree supervisor |9 34690 | |
710 | 2 | |a International Islamic University Malaysia. |b Department of English |9 34691 | |
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