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Factors That Affect Job Selection

Table of Contents

Introduction 2
Literature Review 3
Gaming Industry in Macau 3
Career choice 4
Hypothesis 6
Salaries 6
Friends/relatives in casino industry 7
Working experience in casino 8
Methodology 10
A. Respondents 10
B. Procedures 10
C. Measurements 10
Results/ Data analysis 12
Descriptive statistics 12
Hypotheses Testing 13
Discussion 15
Management Implications 17
Conclusion 19
Limitations 20
References 21
Appendix 23


Introduction
As everyone knows, Macau is a place which economy relies on tourism and gaming industry; in recent year, the economy of Macau is developing dramatically, the main factor makes the economic growth in Macau is the liberalization of gaming industry.

Because of the liberalization of gaming industry, it makes a lot of employment opportunity in Macau and there are more and more people throwing themselves into gaming work. According to the DSEC, the employed population in Cultural, recreational, gambling and other services has increased to 68.1 thousands from 20.5 thousands during 2000 1st Quarter to 2007 2nd Quarter. And lots of people who work in casino are very young; most of them are fresh graduated from secondary school or are studying in university.

The purpose for this research is to assess how students think about the gaming industry, whether they will choose gaming industry as their career, and how they change their thought about working in casino after the liberalization of gaming industry. This research can provide some views to gaming companies that how they maintain and improve their image to attract young talents to work for them.

Literature Review
Gaming Industry in Macau
When the 16th century, Macao first opened the harbor to the visitors, and gaming was growing. At that time, gaming was popular among the workers and was operated by the bankers themselves. In 1847, the Macau’s Portuguese government legalized gaming for the first time. Due to booming of gaming industry, gaming tax...