Determining and making sense of recruitment practices for tourism academics in the UK

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2022

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Kennell, James
Smith, Simon
Mandic, Ante
Kozak, Metin

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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd

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Purpose This study aims to examine the influence of neoliberalism and managerialism on the recruitment of tourism academics in the UK. The study analyses how sustainable the recruitment and retention of talents are in the tourism industry. Importantly, this study provides particular focus on sustainable tourism roles, as well as the impacts of COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative content analysis focuses on academic jobs in tourism advertised on Jobs.ac.uk between June 2020 and July 2021. Findings Study findings reveal how, in the case of the UK, current educational ideologies, including neoliberalism and managerialism, significantly influence curriculum and recruitment. Such an approach facilitates the hidden curriculum of undisciplined tourism programmes and significantly constrains the prominence of sustainability principles. The development of curriculum, student life course and recruitment of academics are influenced by several variables (personal, environmental, behavioural), which must be identified to enable decision-makers to engage in efficient planning. Originality/value This study provides a unique focus on the recruitment of tourism academics encompassing crucial factors like sustainable tourism and COVID-19. The proposed framework creates the foundation for the investigation and discussion of academics' recruitment in different contexts. This study also offers several new avenues for future research.

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Life-Course, Career-Development, Education, Hospitality, Industry, Activists, Students, Future, Life-Course, Career-Development, Education, Human resource management, Hospitality, Higher education, Industry, Tourism academics, Activists, Tourism curriculum, Students, (Un)hidden curriculum, Future, Life course framework

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International Journal of Organizational Analysis

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