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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Main Author: Abdulla, Nasiha (Author)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
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Online Access:http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/11242
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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 
300 |a xv, 170 leaves :  |c 30 cm. 
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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  
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