Journal
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
Volume 26, Issue 5, Pages 722-739Publisher
CHANNEL VIEW PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2017.1401631
Keywords
Total quality management; corporate social responsibility; hospitality industry; gender diversity; stakeholders; top management teams
Funding
- Banco Santander
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This empirical study examines the role of gender diversity in top management teams (TMTs) and their impact on corporate social responsibility (CSR), which is an underexplored topic within the hotel sector. Based on stakeholder theory, we argue that the relationship between gender diversity and hotel performance is indirect and mediated by CSR. Our study also analyses how the implementation of total quality management (TQM) and CSR influences hotel stakeholder results, and hence business performance. Using a sample of Spanish hotels, we provide evidence that gender diversity in TMTs increases the level of implementation of CSR within the hotel industry. The results show that the impact of gender diversity on hotel performance is mediated by CSR. The findings also suggest that the adoption of TQM and CSR management philosophies improves the capacity of hotels to benefit their stakeholders, and that this improvement has a positive effect on hotel performance.
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