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The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management is a critical, state-of-the-art and authoritative review of tourism management, written by leading international thinkers and academics in the field. With a strong focus on theories, concepts and disciplinary approaches to tourism studies, the chapters in this volume are framed as critical synoptic pieces covering key developments, current issues and debates, and emerging trends and future considerations for the field. Part One: Researching Tourism Part Two: Social Analysis Part Three: Economic Analysis Part Four: Technological Analysis Part Five: Environmental Analysis Part Six: Political Analysis This handbook offers a fresh and definitive look at tourism management, making it an essential resource for academics, researchers and students.
Tourism Human Resources
Tourism Human Resources
Introduction
There is broad agreement amongst academic and practitioner communities that tourism human resources are a neglected area of scholarship, rarely at the forefront of discussion or debate. This is surprising given the importance of human resources in the delivery of tourism and hospitality services, the labour intensive nature of many areas of the sectors, and the role human resources play in creating competitive advantage and adding value to tourist services. One factor that might explain this neglect is that tourism labour markets and tourism employment suffer from a lack of reliable statistics. As a consequence, research is often hampered by information constraints, lacking credibility as an area of research where facts on the tourism ...
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