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Sustainability and the tourism and hospitality workforce: a thematic analysis


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Baum, Tom and Cheung, Catherine and Kong, Haiyan and Kralj, Anna and Mooney, Shelagh and Thanh, Hải Nguyễn Thị and Ramachandran, Sridar and Ružić, Marinela Dropulić and Siow, May Ling (2016) Sustainability and the tourism and hospitality workforce: a thematic analysis. Sustainability, 8 (809). pp. 1-21. ISSN 2071-1050

Abstract

This paper is about the position of workforce and employment considerations within the sustainable tourism narrative. The paper aims to address the relative neglect of this area within the discourse of sustainable tourism and highlights references to the workforce within the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The discussion follows the emerging field of sustainable human resource management and the contribution that this can make to meeting both the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to enhancing the recognition of workforce and employment issues within the related debate in tourism. The body of the paper highlights examples of key dimensions of work and employment across varied tourism contexts, where sustainability is of increasing consequence and significance. The paper concludes by drawing together the implications of these “mini-cases” and locating them within key principles of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.


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Item Type: Article
Subject: Sustainability; Sustainable tourism; Employment; Workforce; Education; Gender; Careers; Social enterprise; Human rights
Divisions: Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3390/su8080809
Publisher: M D P I AG
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 22 Feb 2018 03:10
Last Modified: 22 Feb 2018 03:13
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53943
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