Elshaer, Abdallah M.,

Labor in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry Skills, Ethics, Issues, and Rights/ Abdallah M. Elshaer, Asmaa M. Marzouk. - xxvi, 518 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The significance of the tourism and hospitality industry in employment creation -- A critical analysis of labor supply and demand in the tourism and hospitality industries -- Labor skills and training in the tourism and hospitality industry -- Labor shortage in the tourism and hospitality industry -- Ethics in the tourism and hospitality industry -- Labor ethics and social responsibility in the tourism and hospitality industry -- Labor turnover in the tourism and hospitality industry -- Tourism and seasonality -- The high vulnerability of the tourism industry to risks and emergencies -- Low wages and overdependence on tipping -- Workforce diversity in the tourism and hospitality industry -- Technological change resistance -- Labor discrimination -- Labor trafficking in the tourism and hospitality industry -- Social justice, human rights, and labor rights.

9781774634158


Tourism --Employees -- Supply and demand.
Hospitality industry --Employees -- Supply and demand.
Labor turnover.
Employee rights.

HD5716.T64 / E57 2019