Adult vocational decision, career satisfaction and future intention: Insights from the hospitality industry

Anastasios Zopiatis, an Assistant Professor in Hotel and Tourism Management at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), holds a BSc degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration from the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale, an MSc degree in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and a Doctorate in Professional Studies from Middlesex University, UK. Prior to joining CUT, he worked in private tertiary education in Cyprus, both as a Hospitality and Tourism Educator and Program Coordinator. He has also worked in Las Vegas as a Human Resources Specialist and Beverage Manager. His research interests include hospitality internship practices, hospitality human resources issues and ethics in the academic environment. His research work has been published in international journals such as Tourism Management, the International Journal of Hospitality Management, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Scientometrics and Journal of Business Ethics.

Antonis L. Theocharous is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hotel and Tourism Management in the Faculty of Economics and Management. He received his PhD in Business Administration from the University of Sunderland. As part of his research activity, he secured international recognition and over €4m in research funds. He is the national representative of the Program Committee for Social Sciences and Humanities of the EU’s 7th Framework Program. Dr Theocharous has also served as national coordinator for two ESFRI projects: the European Social Survey (ESS) and the Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH). His research focuses on links between political instability and tourism development. He has published in leading academic journals articles on topics such as political instability and tourism development, cross-cultural examination of the impact of political instability on tourism development at the regional level, various models of tourism destination choice and mass media depictions of various facets of political instability.

Prior to embarking on a career in academia, Panayiotis Constanti had more than 20 years of business experience, having held managerial posts in the local hotel industry. This has also informed his teaching in the people management/organizational behavior and business ethics fields, whereas his main research interests, also informed by his involvement at the “sharp end” of the business world, focus on the various dimensions of why people work. He has also investigated aspects of pedagogy such as best practice in learning and teaching, including the pastoral aspects of the student experience having published in a number of peer-reviewed, academic journals including the Service Industries Journal; Education and Training; the International Journal of Education Management and the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.