CAREER STAGES AND KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR TOURISM INDUSTRY MANAGERS
The manager’s career path takes effort and time. This study aims to identify the career stages of a manager from the staff level to finally reach the management level. This study records the career stages of managers at all levels of management, from first-line managers to top managers. The required competencies and keys to success based on the experience of managers are explained further in this study. This study analyzes the key to success for managers to reach the management level in the tourism industry. The tourism industry in Bali as a research sample by observing and interviewing 100 tourism industry managers who are currently in management rank (first, middle, and top line). This type of research is a qualitative research conducted with data collection techniques through direct observation, in-depth interviews, and distributing questionnaires. Data analysis used descriptive qualitative and the sample was purposive sampling. The research implication reveals that the principles adopted by industrial managers are the strongest internal motivation in achieving success in the industrial world. Originality/value based on the literature reviewed, a list of key success factors in the tourism industry sector was compiled and the lack of similar research on this topic
Career, Manager, Tourism, Industry