Segregation of women in tourism employment in the APEC region

Hutchings, Kate; Moyle, Char-lee; Chai, Andreas; Garofano, Nicole; Moore, S.A.

doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2020.100655

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“…This heightened vulnerability to COVID-19 unemployment experienced by women is further evidenced by the typical gender discrimination of tourism employees. For example, Alrwajfah et al (2020), Hutchings et al (2020), Santero-Sanchez et al (2015 and Segovia-Perez et al (2019) detected both horizontal and vertical gender segregation in tourism employment. Horizontal segregation is due to women performing more seasonal and precarious work, and vertical segregation reflects women's under-representation in high-wage management positions and high-skill jobs.…”

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Vulnerability to COVID-19 unemployment in the Portuguese tourism and hospitality industry

Lopes

Sargento

Carreira

2021

IJCHM

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Purpose This paper aims to address the immediate effects of the COVID-19 crisis in the Portuguese tourism and hospitality industry by examining whether some specific characteristics make people more vulnerable or more immune to unemployment. Design/methodology/approach Using an extensive micro-level data set of personal and job-related attributes containing all unemployed individuals in the Portuguese tourism and hospitality industry, a logit model with 56,142 observations is estimated to assess how each characteristic contributed to the unemployment odds during the COVID-19 crisis (until the end-July 2020), relatively to the pre-COVID period. Findings The most vulnerable workers to COVID-19 unemployment seem to be older, less educated, less qualified, women and residents in regions with a higher concentration of people and tourism activity. Moreover, the COVID-19 crisis is generating a new type of unemployment by also affecting those who were never unemployed before, with more stable jobs and more motivated at work, while reducing voluntary disruptions. Practical implications Public effort should be made not only to increase workforce education but especially to reinforce job-specific skills. The COVID-19 crisis has broken traditional protective measures against unemployment and separated workers from their desired occupations, which justifies new and exceptional job preservation measures. Policy recommendations are given aiming at strengthening worker resilience and industry competitiveness in the most affected sub-sectors and regions. Originality/value This study extends the current understanding of worker vulnerability to economic downturns. Herein, this paper used a three-level approach (combining socio-demographic, work-related and regional factors), capturing the immediate effects of the COVID-19 crisis and focussing on the tourism and hospitality industry (the hardest-hit sector worldwide).

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Vulnerability to COVID-19 unemployment in the Portuguese tourism and hospitality industry

Lopes

Sargento

Carreira

2021

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“…Hospitality employees also develop relationships with customers, and often experience a sense of achievement when fulfilling guest wishes (Belhassen et al, 2019). In addition, the low-skilled requirement of the work, along with the flexible schedules, is perfect for certain groups, such as students who are looking for part-time jobs (Choudhury and McIntosh, 2013), women who need to balance family responsibilities with work (Hutchings et al, 2020) and migrant workers who are unable to find employment elsewhere (Janta et al, 2011).…”

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Job satisfaction and potential opportunities for career growth among hotel employees: The case of Oman

El‐Said

Aziz

2022

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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As with other Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Oman is attempting to increase the number of citizens employed in its hospitality sector. Although several government initiatives have been launched to address this issue, the number of Omanis employed in the hospitality sector continues to be low. The current study aims to determine the causes for this disinterest within the hotel industry. Under the premise that the industry’s negative image stems from the experiences of existing Omani hotel employees, the current study investigates their job satisfaction, work-related challenges, and commitment to hotel employment. A mixed methods study was conducted among Omani employees of four- and five-star hotels in Muscat using focus-groups and a structured questionnaire. The results reveal strong dissatisfaction with financial compensation and the limited growth opportunities. The authors conclude that government intervention is required and, beyond improving entrance to hospitality employment, local authorities should be concerned with the growth and development of employees. Further theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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“…Relevant studies that are necessary to set out the outset of the study are reported in this article. Avalanche of published literature can be witnessed on women development across the globe including: identifying the capabilities of women's leadership and sustainable development in Colombia (Barrios et al, 2020), exploring the relationship between female directorship and firm performance in France (Bennouri et al, 2018), gender inequality in assets ownership in Latin America (Deere et al, 2010), wage gaps of female-male among salaried workers in India (Deshpande et al, 2018;Lee & Wie, 2017;Menon & Rodgers, 2009), uncovered opportunities and barriers of female employment in sports in UK (Forsyth et al, 2019), women segregation in tourism employment in APEC region (Hutchings et al, 2020), women empowerment in East Africa (Miedema et al, 2018), women empowerment in Nepal (O'Hara & Clement, 2018), women asset ownership in rural south-east and north-east Nigeria (Oladokun et al, 2018), participation of Saudi women in development index (Omair et al, 2020), gender wage gap in Mexico (Popli, 2013), gender wage discrimination in Pakistan (Sabir & Aftab, 2007;Yasmin, 2009), gender wage inequality between 1992-2014 in Sri Lanka (Seneviratne, 2020), role of female directors and stock price in China (Shahab et al, 2020), women's social and financial empowerment in Pakistan (Tahir et al, 2018) and gender wage gap in Philippines (Zveglich Jr. et al, 2019). Bennouri et al (2018) examined the data of 394 French firms and affirmed that there is a positive relationship between female board directorship and firm performance; similar finding have been found by Nekhili & Gatfaoui (2013) and Peni (2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Forsyth et al (2019) identified barriers and opportunities of female employment in sports and bolstered that gender inequality is still need to be addressed in educational sports related settings. Hutchings et al (2020) gathered data form tourism sector of 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies and concluded that there is clear segregation of women in tourism employment across the economies due to intersectionality and cultural barriers. Salahodjaev and Jarilkapova (2020) collected data from 176 countries between 1990-2015 and buttressed that female parliamentarism has significant socio-economic results as increased political empowerment of female is vital to the reduction of deforestation levels for different income ranks in both developed and developing nations.…”

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confidence: 99%

Composite Appraisal of Women Development in Selected Thirty-six Countries with Special Focus on Pakistan: Applying Grey Incidence Analysis Model

Niazi

Asghar

Basit³

et al. 2020

JBSEE

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Aim of the study is to appraise women development in selected thirty-six countries with special reference to Pakistan. The design of the study comprises of survey of literature, data elicitation and analysis. The study uses grey incidence analysis model (usually known as Grey Relational Analysis or simply GRA). The model has been applied on the secondary data extracted from the website of World Development Indicators (WDI). The countries included in the analysis have been selected on the basis of availability of data. From the result of GRA it can be learnt that thirty-six countries of the world are classified into seven different categories. There are five countries (namely Estonia, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Thailand and Ecuador) categorized as countries having exceptionally high women development, whereas, five countries under each next ensign (very high, high, moderate, low and very low). There are six countries (namely Tanzania, Madagascar, Cote d'Ivoire, Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan) categorized under the ensign of exceptionally low. Pakistan fall under the ensign of exceptionally low. This study is designed on an original country level data extracted from very reliable source and the results of the study are useful for regulators, researchers, NGOs and other stakeholders of the phenomenon by way of providing deeper and new information.

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Segregation of women in tourism employment in the APEC region

Cited by 68 publications

References 53 publications

Vulnerability to COVID-19 unemployment in the Portuguese tourism and hospitality industry

Vulnerability to COVID-19 unemployment in the Portuguese tourism and hospitality industry

Job satisfaction and potential opportunities for career growth among hotel employees: The case of Oman

Composite Appraisal of Women Development in Selected Thirty-six Countries with Special Focus on Pakistan: Applying Grey Incidence Analysis Model

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