This research examines the experiences of on-call banquet servers working in two luxury
hotels. Drawing on semi-structured qualitative interviews and ethnographic field notes I …

Gender relations (referring to power relations) both intergeneric and intrageneric play an
important role in society, because not only are they present in the evolution and …

The participation of women in executive leadership positions and other leadership roles in
organizations is exceedingly low, with significantly few women progressing towards …

In the hospitality industry, high turnover has been a persistent issue. Some research has
indicated that incompetent leadership is one of the major reasons and that general …

The voices of migrant women in precarious and poorly paid work have been missing from
recent debates on the impacts of the COVID-19. This article aims to redress this balance by …

ABSTRACT Within New Zealand, the turnover rate within the hospitality sector is high, which
can be expensive in terms of performance, recruitment and training costs. However, while …

The UK agri-food industry is heavily dependent on migrant labour and, as result, the position
and experiences of migrant workers have remained topics of research interest for over a …

The problem this thesis aimed to address is the poor perception of hotel work as a long-term
career option and why this is such a problem in New Zealand. Tourism has been a major …

The UK agri-food industry is heavily dependent on migrant labour and, as result, the position
and experiences of migrant workers have remained topics of research interest for over a …

This thesis explores the career management experiences of twenty-five female, middle
managers in the HR profession working in a range of UK private, public and non-for-profit …