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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction (JS) and organisational empowerment as perceived by front-line managers in 5-star hotels in Jordan. The results showed that, where there was a moderate level of organisational empowerment, a higher level of JS was...
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health and safety and in the tourism sector. Includes a comparison of social dialogue in other Carribean countries. …
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This presentation discusses the cost of impacts of climate change on the Caribbean. The response of adaptation will …
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The Caribbean share of the global tourism market has been declining. This study examines what is driving tourism flows …. It estimates the determinants of tourism and explores variations based on sample differences, and also constructs a … static nominal price comparison index. The paper finds that: (i) tourism arrivals and expenditure are sensitive to both price …
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implications of currently proposed climate policies for the world’s most tourism dependant region – the Caribbean. Results …Nations with tourism dependant economies are becoming increasingly concerned about the inclusion of aviation in …-haul, tourism-dependent destinations, often small island developing states. This study used a tourism arrivals model to examine the …
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After earlier success, growth performance in most Caribbean countries has been disappointing since the early 1990s … experience of the Caribbean countries from a cross country perspective. Three findings stand out. First, the slowdown in growth … is explained more by a decline in productivity rather than a lack of investment. Second, tourism has been a significant …
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tourism as the centrepiece of their development strategy. This occurs in the context of narrowing developmental options … sector. This article draws on evidence from two case studies from the microstates of the Eastern Caribbean – St Lucia and … St Vincent – and discusses the implications of their respective approaches and the ambiguous nature of tourism as a …
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rising sea levels will result in coastal squeezing and the loss of their main tourist attraction, beach tourism. Climate … force winds. This study attempts to quantify the potential supply-side effects of climate change on tourism in the small …
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scientific studies. The particular goal is to present a literature review about the Institutional Theory applied to the tourism … industry, particularly the wine tourism segment. Different research areas are identified among those developed within … institutional premises in tourism studies. The present review discusses the influence of the institutional framework in the …
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The development of standards and certification programs in global tourism has gained importance in consumption …-production nexus. The paper is dealing with “Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa†(FTTSA), one of the first innovative service … evolutionary trajectories of sustainable tourism standards from a knowledge-based perspective. This paper will contribute to a …
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