Critically assess the gender differences in career development in the hospitality industry

Gender differences in career development in the hospitality industry

Hospitality industry has particularly interested and grasped a large number of women . But the question is that despite of being so women friendly has the hospitality industry been successful in offering equal career development opportunities to women ? As far as the well researched articles , The relationship between career and job opportunities : womens employment in the hospitality industry as a microcosm of womens employment by Purcell (1996 ) and Women in hospitality management general managers perceptions of factors related to career development by Brownell

(1994 ) indicate there is a substantial gender differences in career development in the hospitality industry

There are many ways in which women suffer the heat of gender differences in the hospitality industry . As Brownwell 1994 , puts it , Synder 1993 and others have warned , when the view upward is predominantly male women are likely to move elsewhere to pursue their careers (p .114 This indicates that no matter how much preference a woman is given at the entry level or the middle management level , where the real decisions are made i .e . at the top management level , the men play the shots and that is why sensing a stagnation in their career development women shift to other industry , indicating the gender differences meted out to them

Since communication is an important aspect of our lives and of late it has reached the capacity of making and marring any formal or informal relationship , it proves to be derogatory for equality of...