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Hospitality & Society - Volume 6, Issue 1, 2016
Volume 6, Issue 1, 2016
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Wasted youth in the hospitality industry: Older workers’ perceptions and misperceptions about younger workers
More LessAbstractIn many western contexts, although young people form a high proportion of the hospitality workforce, perceptions of hospitality work as temporary and unpredictable rather than an aspirational career choice means turnover is very high. The aim of the study on which the article is based was to investigate why people build and maintain long careers working in hospitality. This article focuses on the career experiences of young workers in the industry, viewed from the perspective of older workers in long-term hospitality careers. An intersectional methodology explored how youthful body-age, at times interacting with other aspects of socially ascribed difference, is reflected in work-place organizational processes. The findings suggest that younger workers in hospitality are not valued and the discussion addresses the ways in which inequitable power relations create this status quo. The conclusion is that the hospitality sector should retain its youthful workers, rather than wasting this finite human resource.
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In search of inhospitable knowledge
Authors: Vlatka Skokic, Paul Lynch and Alison MorrisonAbstractThe aim of this article is to discuss the key issues that have had significant influence on a Ph.D. research student’s journey from positivism to interpretivism and the subsequent impact on the research methodology adopted. This journey is illustrated by briefly analysing and reflecting upon the nature of relevant accumulated knowledge in the fields of hospitality, tourism and entrepreneurship fields; critically analysing the impact of the social setting on entrepreneurial behaviours and attitude; and reflecting upon how the two previous points influence researcher behaviour and methodological design. Drawing upon research undertaken within the Dalmatia region of Croatia, a former socialist country, the contextual focus is on small hotel owners within the hospitality industry. The article is loosely framed within a hospitality analytical lens and furthers debate on the nature of academic hospitality (Phipps and Barnett 2007) as well as proposing steps to welcome inhospitable knowledge. This article charts moments in the intellectual journey from positivism to interpretivism travelled by a Ph.D. researcher, who critically engaged in, analysed and deliberated upon the nature of accumulated knowledge associated with the field of her studies, where the power base of the knowledge resided, and consequential issues for advancement of thought. Further, as the journey progressed she reflected on the impact of the social setting of the key actors, which is the focus of her research, and ensuing implications for the research methodological design. In addition, the researcher had to engage in a critical self-reflection that required she transform herself from a ‘dispassionate scientist’ to an ‘insider participant’. The magnitude of this revelation is given context and profound meaning within the setting of Croatia, a former socialist country that has faced severe political, economic and social turmoil and transitions, including war. In making the transformation, the researcher had to engage with inhospitable knowledge from the point of view of her educational formation. In so doing, the article highlights the importance of the boundaries of hospitality and looking at both their construction and exploration beyond.
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Disrupted hospitality – the impact of the Christchurch earthquake/s on accommodation hosts
By Jude WilsonAbstractThis study examines the impact of the Christchurch earthquake/s on accommodation hosts. A total of 24 hosts, representing a range of accommodation types and spatial locations in the city, were interviewed about the impact of the earthquake/s and their post-earthquake hosting experiences during the eighteen-month period immediately following the February 2011 earthquake. By highlighting the resultant disruption to the hospitality encounter the research provides considerable insight into the criteria perceived to make a ‘good’ accommodation host and the importance of the wider city environments in which they operate their business. The article also adds empirical data to a growing body of research and literature on tourism destinations’ post-disaster response and recovery. What stands out in these accounts of earthquake impact was the extent to which these accommodation hosts felt connected with, and shouldered community responsibility for, what happened in ‘their’ city.
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Conference Review
Authors: Kelvin Zhang, Paul Lynch, Alison McIntosh and Yana WengelAbstractCURRENT AND FUTURE POTENTIALITIES OF CRITICAL HOSPITALITY STUDIES: CONFERENCE WORKSHOP REPORT Critical Tourism Studies Conference VI, Croatia, 26–30 June 2015
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Review Essay
More LessAbstractTHE ITALIAN-AMERICAN TABLE: FOOD, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK CITY, SIMONE CINOTTO (2013) Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 265 pp., ISBN: 9780252079344, p/bk, $34.00
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Reviews
Authors: Christopher Yorke, Belinda Beaton, Emily Falconer and Jeff FernandezAbstractGIFT AND ECONOMY: ETHICS, HOSPITALITY AND THE MARKET, ERIC R. SEVERSON (ED.) (2012) Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 220 pp., ISBN: 9781443833837, h/bk, £39.99
ALEHOUSES AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND, MARK HAILWOOD (2014) Woodbridge: Boydell Press, x+253 pp., ISBN: 9781843839422, h/bk, £60
TOURISM AND CITIZENSHIP: RIGHTS FREEDOMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE GLOBAL ORDER, RAOUL V. BIANCHI AND MARCUS L. STEPHENSON (2014) Abingdon: Routledge, xiv + 279 pp., ISBN: 9780415707381, p/bk, £26.99
NATURALLY HEALTHY MEXICAN COOKING: AUTHENTIC RECIPES FOR DIETERS, DIABETICS AND ALL FOOD LOVERS, JIM PEYTON (2014) Austin, TX: University of Austin Press, 272 pp., ISBN: 9780292745490, p/bk, £24.95
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