Tourism Employment : : Analysis and Planning / / Adele Ladkin, Michael Riley, Edith Szivas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Riley, Michael,; Ladkin, Adele,; Szivas, Edith,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Aspects of Tourism ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

This book is an attempt to understand tourism employment in a holistic way. Using ideas from labour economics, work psychology and industrial sociology the authors look at tourism employment in both its workplace context and its wider economic and social environment and attempt to tell a coherent story. Both behavioural and economic perspectives are used to address questions that are salient to manpower planning, education planning and tourism management. By examining the diversity and commonality within occupations against the background of a dynamic labour market the text develops themes that contribute to our understanding of the behaviour of workers and managers in the industry.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Concept of the Book -- Part 1: Understanding the Industry -- 1. Diversity and Planning: The Dynamic Nature of the Industry -- 2. Attraction and Accessibility -- 3. Labour Productivity -- 4. Pay Determination -- 5. The Nature of Service Labour -- Part 2: Analysis: Some Empirical Studies -- 6. The Principles of Biographical Analysis -- 7. Mobility into Tourism -- 8. Career Analysis and Labour Markets: A Study of the Career Paths of Hotel Managers -- 9. Motivation and Occupational Choice: A Study of Orientations in Tourism -- 10. Occupational Classification and Analysis -- 11. Skill Accumulation Patterns: A Case of Culinary Skills -- 12. Personal Career Strategies in the Context of Market Orientation -- Part 3: Human Resource Development -- 13. Human Resource Management: An Overview -- 14. Vocational Education and Markets: Tourism Education -- 15. Planning and Development -- Bibliography -- Index