EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN TOURISM: A GENERATIONAL STUDY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

The goal of this paper is to examine employee engagement among different generations of tourism workers across European countries.  The research takes a quantitative approach. Data from 2,393 employees from 35 European countries working in tourism were considered. Data analysis was based on cluster...

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Main Author: Pedro Ferreira
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Language:English
Published: Universidad de Murcia 2020-12-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.um.es/turismo/article/view/451871
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description The goal of this paper is to examine employee engagement among different generations of tourism workers across European countries.  The research takes a quantitative approach. Data from 2,393 employees from 35 European countries working in tourism were considered. Data analysis was based on cluster analysis to find patterns of engagement across countries and hierarchical multiple regression analysis and other statistical tools to confirm differences between generations. The results reveal three groups of countries with different patterns of engagement. The findings also show differences between generational groups.
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spelling doaj-art-352f1ba6b4cd4e10b705e02bccfb8bb82025-08-20T03:41:53ZengUniversidad de MurciaCuadernos de Turismo1139-78611989-46352020-12-014610.6018/turismo.451871EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN TOURISM: A GENERATIONAL STUDY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIESPedro Ferreira0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6506-7869Universidade Portucalense. Oporto The goal of this paper is to examine employee engagement among different generations of tourism workers across European countries.  The research takes a quantitative approach. Data from 2,393 employees from 35 European countries working in tourism were considered. Data analysis was based on cluster analysis to find patterns of engagement across countries and hierarchical multiple regression analysis and other statistical tools to confirm differences between generations. The results reveal three groups of countries with different patterns of engagement. The findings also show differences between generational groups. https://revistas.um.es/turismo/article/view/451871Employee engagement; Generations; Baby boomers, Generation X; Generation Y; Europe.
spellingShingle Pedro Ferreira
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN TOURISM: A GENERATIONAL STUDY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Cuadernos de Turismo
Employee engagement; Generations; Baby boomers, Generation X; Generation Y; Europe.
title EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN TOURISM: A GENERATIONAL STUDY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
title_full EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN TOURISM: A GENERATIONAL STUDY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
title_fullStr EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN TOURISM: A GENERATIONAL STUDY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
title_full_unstemmed EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN TOURISM: A GENERATIONAL STUDY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
title_short EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN TOURISM: A GENERATIONAL STUDY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
title_sort employee engagement in tourism a generational study of european countries
topic Employee engagement; Generations; Baby boomers, Generation X; Generation Y; Europe.
url https://revistas.um.es/turismo/article/view/451871
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