Who will carry the bottle? Investigating hotel management undergraduates’ work intention in alcohol service

Though work intention in the tourism and hospitality industry was researched, no study focused on work in alcohol service. According to Islamic doctrine, work in alcohol service is unlawful. Hence, this study investigates the work intention of potential hospitality employees, hotel management (HM) undergraduates. A questionnaire was administered to HM undergraduates in three Egyptian schools of tourism and hotel management. The association between certain variables, for example, gender, religious affiliation, religiosity and work intention were examined. Logistic regression revealed the main predictors of working in alcohol service to be: drinking history, religious affiliation, and attitudes toward studying alcohol service laboratories.

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