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Abstract
This paper reports on the cognitive style of students in a problem-based hospitality management curriculum at a university of applied sciences. A cognitive style is a student's preference of perceiving, processing, and evaluating information (Hayes and Allinson 1998). The cognitive style of the students was measured with the cognitive style indicator (CoSI) developed by Cools and Van den Broeck (2007). The findings suggest that hospitality management students are good planners who are organised, structured, resistant to change, and habit bound. Hospitality management students' scores on the other factors, creative style and knowing style, lag behind other work fields. The study also showed that variables like gender, year of study, or the wish to continue a career in the hospitality industry have no impact on the cognitive styles of the students.