Sustainable Human Resource Management in Tourism

This book addresses the application of sustainable HRM principles within tourism in the specific context of Africa, a neglected area of study. It draws on diverse aspects of HRM, from the micro- (individual) through the meso-level (organisational) to the macro-level (policy, governmental). It also reflects the diverse challenges facing a critical area within emerging African tourism, that of its workforce. The book is substantially research-based and provides a state-of-the-art picture of emergent studies in this area, drawing on case examples from a wide-range of African contexts. As such, it provides a comprehensive resource and starts discussion in an emergent research area.

Focuses on the emergent area of sustainable human resource management in tourism Presents a combination of theoretical, methodological and case-based material Based on current research, substantially written by a new generation of African tourism scholars

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Sustainable Human Resource Management in Tourism: Introducing African perspectives.- Tourism in Africa: Issues and Prospects.- Plugging the gaps in Africa's Tourism System: the need for Tourism Leadership.- Sustainable tourism research in South Africa: In search of a place for work and the workplace.- A View from the Top: Hotel HR Directors' Perspectives of Sustainable HRM in Nigeria.- Tourism innovation and sustainability: Implications for skills development in South Africa.- Institutional Frameworks for Sustainable Human Resource Management in Events: A Kenyan Perspective.- Hosting Mega Events in Africa: Fostering Sustainable Employment Initiatives within the Host Community.- Is grass always greener on the other side? Underemployment of Kenyan hotel migrant workers in the UK.- Maternity Protection and the Tunisian Tourism Industry.- The political economy of tourism and human capital in the Dukuduku Village community in South Africa.- Missionaries' Guesthouses and Skills Development for Community-Based Tourism in West Pokot County, Kenya: A Capacity Building and Employment Analysis.- Insight into Adventure Tourism Employment in South Africa.- Contribution of facilities management towards hotel sustainability.- Sustainable Human Resource Management in the Context of Sustainable Tourism and Sustainable Development in Africa: Problems and Prospects.