This chapter revises the professional socialization framework “Conceptualizing graduate and professional student socialization” by (Weidman JC, Twale DJ, Stein EL, Socialization of Graduate and Professional Students in Higher Education: A Perilous Passage? ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Volume 28, Number 3. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series. San Fransisco, ERIC, 2001) through the findings of a broader study on the professional socialization of Chinese international tourism and hospitality students/graduates from an Australian university (Sonnenschein KB, Diverse stakeholders’ perceptions of the attributes needed by Chinese returned graduates in the hotel industry in China. Dissertation/Thesis. Griffith University, Australia, 2016). The study examined diverse stakeholders’ perceptions of attributes needed by Chinese graduates entering the Chinese hotel industry with overseas university qualifications in tourism and hospitality management. The diverse stakeholders included: managers working in the Chinese hotel industry; Chinese graduates holding either an undergraduate or postgraduate tourism and hospitality management degree from a particular university located in South-East Queensland, Australia; Chinese international students enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate tourism and hospitality management degree at the above-mentioned university; and academics teaching tourism and hospitality management courses at the same university.

The findings of the 46 semi-structured interviews with these stakeholders demonstrated that they have clear expectations about the outcomes of work-integrated learning (WIL) and workplace training, including the ability of such experiences to bridge theory and practice, and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for employability. By revising the Weidman et al. (Socialization of Graduate and Professional Students in Higher Education: A Perilous Passage? ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, volume 28, Number 3. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series. San Fransisco, ERIC, 2001) professional socialization framework through the findings, this chapter suggests different processes for enhancing the socialization and career development of Chinese international students enrolled in and graduates with an Australian tourism and hospitality management degree through WIL and workplace training/mentoring respectively.