The Relationship Between Characteristics According to Learning Outcomes and Leadership Traits of Students in Hotel and Resort Management, Dusit Thani College

Abstract

                The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the level of characteristics according to learning outcomes of students; 2) to study the leadership traits level of students; 3) to compare demographic factors against characteristics according to learning outcomes and leadership traits of students; and 4) to study the relationship between characteristics according to learning outcomes and leadership traits of students. The samples were 196 students, who have been studying in hotel and resort management, Dusit Thani College. Research instrument was a rating scale questionnaire, which its reliability was 0.94. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics: frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and inferential statistics: t-test, One-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation methods

                The result from the descriptive statistic stated that most of the respondents were female between 18-20 years old with a GPA between 1.76 and 2.51. Most of them live in Bangkok and surrounding region and both parents were business owner. Regarding to the research objectives, the findings are as followed: 1) the level of both characteristics according to learning outcomes were at a moderate level as well as; 2) the leadership traits of students’ level were moderate; 3) from the statistical testing, to compare characteristics according to learning outcomes categorized by gender, it had no significant differences. To classify by years, it revealed significant difference at .05 level. The comparisons of leadership traits categorized by sex and years had no significant differences at .05 level; and 4) there was a relationship between characteristics according to learning outcomes and leadership traits of students in hotel and resort management, Dusit Thani College at .01 level of significance (r = .71)