*Apologies for any cross-postings*
Call for "participation" in a pre-recorded PDW (AoM 2020):
"Equity Issues in Hospitality & Tourism (H&T). Exploring (In)equlities"
As you will be aware, we will have a virtual AoM Meeting this year.
We are now organizing a pre-recorded PDW and you could ask your burning questions in advance.
Please send these questions to Vanessa Bernauer v.bernauer@hsu-hh.de and take part in our PDW (Deadline Wednesday, July 8th 2020).
Our panellists will introduce the following subtopics: (1) H&T, and the impact of global capitalism and transnational service work, (2) H&T, and intersections of gender and/or body related inequalities (3) Luxury H&T, and experiences of inequalities, and (4) research methods and approaches to inequalities in H&T.
The introductions will be followed by a discussion, where we could address your questions to integrate your views and interests.
The videos can be watched individually or as an entire session up to October, 31st and the AoM provides a chat feed, which allows us to have a discussion asynchronously.
PANELISTS
(in alphabetical order)
Jean Helms Mills, Saint Mary's University, Canada
Albert J. Mills, Saint Mary's University, Canada & University of Eastern Finland
Dennis Nickson, University of Strathclyde Glasgow, UK
Renate Ortlieb, University of Graz, Austria
Anna Schneider, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Alexander Trupp, Sunway U. Malaysia
Chris Warhurst, University of Warwick, UK
ORGANIZERS/CHAIRS
Vanessa Bernauer, Helmut Schmidt University, Germany
Abhishek Bhati, James Cook University, Singapore
K Thirumaran, James Cook University, Singapore
ABSTRACT
The hospitality and tourism (H&T) industry (including airlines, hotels, resorts, cruise ships, restaurants, etc.) is the main stay of many economies. According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer in 2018, international tourist arrivals grew by 6 % to 1.4 billion worldwide, churning $1.7 trillion in tourism receipts (UNWTO 2019a, b). The H&T sector is a major source of employment, though, the proportion of part-time, temporary, or seasonal work and self-employment is generally higher than in the overall economy (ILO 2014, 2017). Very often the work requires little or no formal training and involves precarious working conditions, such as low wages, long and disagreeable working times, high work pressure, etc. (EU 2004; ILO, 2014). The H&T industry attracts mainly young people, migrants, and women, the latter even represent 60 – 70 % of the global H&T workforce (ILO 2014, 2017). This employment situation could foster social inequalities across multiple dimensions.
This PDW aims to raise an awareness for the (in)equities faced by workers in H&T, such as gender, race, and class issues, and to discuss ways to address them. The experts (panellists and organizers) will present their views and raise topics to generate discussions and advance research on: (1) H&T, and the impact of global capitalism and transnational service work, (2) H&T, and intersections of gender and/or body related inequalities (3) Luxury H&T, and experiences of inequalities, and (4) research methods and approaches to inequalities in H&T.
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Vanessa Bernauer
Research Assistant and Lecturer
Human Resource Management
Helmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
Germany
v.bernauer@hsu-hh.de------------------------------