...Jungsun (Sunny) Kim; Mehmet Erdem; JeoungWoo Byun; Hwayoung Jeong Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceived importance of soft skills for hotel employees, their willingness to use electronic learning (e‐learning) as a training tool to improve their soft skills...

...Hilary Catherine Murphy; Harry de Jongh Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether students adopt a “deep” approach to learning, i.e. “seeking meaning”, in the context of the subject of information systems (IS) and hospitality management degree programmes. Design/methodology/approach...

...R. Thomas; M. ´Angeles Oviedo‐Garcίa; Nadine Bianca Sulkowski; Michael Kent Deakin Purpose This paper aims to discuss whether cultural conceptualisations can explain student behaviour and to discuss tactics to enhance teaching and learning in a multinational classroom. Design/methodology...

...Kevin Nield This paper considers the learning, teaching and assessment preferences of the Chinese learner in the context of distance learning. To do this a literature search of the teaching, learning and assessment preferences of Chinese students was conducted. The search indicated...

.... The questions were categorized into three dimensions: learning experience, alternative method of instruction; and critical and analytical thinking ability. In addition, there were questions relating to the participant’s overall satisfaction with the learning experience, and a further evaluation based...

...Richard Teare Suggests that more and more organizations are attempting to establish a culture of learning that values the knowledge that employees have derived from learning how to perform effectively in the workplace. Reviews recent contributions to the literature on aspects of managerial learning...

... methods, tools and the quality of each. They were also asked whether training is tracked, whether learning levels of trainees are considered before training programmes are selected, the languages in which training is offered, and to identify the most innovative form of technology currently used...