Gender diversity in the hospitality industry An empirical study in Turkey

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2011

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Elsevier Sci Ltd

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Tourism Management
The aim of Atılım University Department of Tourism Management is to train tourism managers who are able to compete at an international level by offering quality education opportunities. Graduates employed as managers in the fields of accommodation, travel, catering, gastronomy, transportation, congress, conference organization begin their professional life while they are still interns. The academic staff consists of faculty members who are experts in their field, as well as sector professionals. With five years of education including the preparatory English courses offered, the courses of the department are in English. The course program consists of applied and theoretical courses devised with respect to the global trends in tourism. Students perform their internship studies at hotel chains, A-Class travel agencies and professional tourism companies. Our Department is in contract with universities abroad within the scope of the Erasmus student Exchange program. With its quality of education documented by TURAK (Tourism Education, Evaluation and Accreditation Board), Atılım university Department of Tourism Management is the first undergraduate program in Turkey to hold the accreditation.

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This piper an investigation of gender diversity in the Turkish hospitality industry focuses on two primary objectives (a) exploring the potential relationships between gender and several demographic factors and (b) examining the possible existence of a gender effect regarding employees perceptions of recruitment and earning potential decisions Results based on 682 surveys show that in the male-dominated Turkish hospitality industry there is a significant gender effect for two of four demographic variables and with respect to recruiting efforts and earning potential These findings could have some Important managerial implications for addressing gender diversity in the (Turkish) hospitality industry (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved

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Kozak, Metin/0000-0002-9866-7529

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Gender diversity, Gender effect, Demographic characteristics, Earnings potential, Recruiting, Turkey

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30

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73

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81

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.06.007
 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/1563

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