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“A TRACER STUDY OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HOSPITALITY

MANAGEMENT GRADUATES AT PALAWAN STATE UNIVERSITY
AT ROXAS CAMPUS (2011-2015)”.

An Undergraduate Tracer Study to be Presented

to the faculty of the
PALAWAN STATE UNIVERSITY
ROXAS CAMPUS
Roxas, Palawan

In partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management

by

KIESBELLE L. ACADEMIA
PATRICIA R. PADEROGAO
JOHN MARK B. PALAY
ANGELIE G. SANJUAN
NELISA T. BUNDAC

January 2022
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

To Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, for giving the wisdom, strength, support and

knowledge in exploding things, for the guidance in helping surpass all the trials that we

encountered and for giving determination to pursue our study, and to make this study

possible.

To our fellow Hospitality Management students at Palawan State University

Roxas Campus for their cooperation. The Researcher would like to extend their deepest

sincerest gratitude to all the people who helped there in any manner, who have shared the

effort and knowledge. Whatever has been accomplished and whatever has been a product

of every and endeavor, there is a great source of all effort, striving, guidance and gracious

blessings without whom this task would have been impossible.

To our adviser, Ms. Geraldine P. Jaud, we wish to express our sincere gratitude

who generously and tirelessly extended her expertise, guidance, aspirations and

contribution to shape the quality of this work. She made constructive criticism,

suggestions and comments that made this research paper in its present form.

To our beloved Campus Director Dr. Flornita N. Ferrer, we would like to extend

our special thanks to our families who were patient during our studies, their

encouragement, advises, moral and material support were very important source of

motivation to complete this study.

To the College Students Government, we would like to express our sincere

gratitude for giving us a free printing of our research paper.

Generally, our sincere gratitude is directed to anyone who, in way or another,

assisted to make this study a reality.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page . . . . . . . . . i
Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . ii
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . iii
List of Appendices . . . . . . . . iv

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . 1
Background of the Study . . . . . 1
Statement of the Problem . . . . . 2
Significance of the Study . . . . . 5
Scope and Delimitation of the Study . . . . 6

Chapter 2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK . . . . 8

Review of Related Literature . . . . 8
Conceptual Framework . . . . . 13
Research Paradigm . . . . 14
Research Assumption . . . . . 14
Definition of Terms . . . . . . 15

Chapter 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY . . . . 16

Research Design / Methods . . . . . 16
Research Population . . . . . . 17
Research Instrument . . . . . . 17
Research Locale . . . . . . 17
Data Gathering Procedure . . . . . 17
Statistical Treatment . . . . . . 18

References . . . . . . . . . 19
Appendices . . . . . . . . . 22
Curriculum Vitae . . . . . . . . 28
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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix A LETTERS page

A-1 Approval of Title of the Research Proposal . . . 23

A-2 Letter to request for Adviser . . . . . 24
A-4 Letter for Proposal Defense . . . . . 25

Appendix B QUESTIONNAIRE

B-1 Questionnaire . . . . . . . 26