In 1988 the authors completed a survey analysis of 442 hospitality graduates from 11 hospitality programs to determine why some graduates remain in the industry and others choose to leave. This is a follow-up to that study and measures the personality characteristics of 106 of these graduates, with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The findings reveal similar personality characteristics among hospitality graduates and further supports the conclusions that academic preparation and quality-of-life issues are very important to industry retention and attrition of hospitality graduates.
