Engendering pro-sustainable performance through a multi-layered gender diversity criterion: evidence from the hospitality and tourism sector

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Gerged, A., Tran, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-5079-1467 and Beddewela, E., 2022. Engendering pro-sustainable performance through a multi-layered gender diversity criterion: evidence from the hospitality and tourism sector. Journal of Travel Research. ISSN 0047-2875

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875221111754

Abstract

This study seeks to examine the influence of multi-layered gender diversity mechanisms on firms’ decision to engage in pro-sustainable performance in the context of Hospitality and Tourism (H&T) firms worldwide. Using Powell's (2016) Panel Quantile Regression (PQR) model, this paper finds that females on boards and sub-boards tend to display a more communal, participative, and democratic leadership style, demonstrating greater responsibilities towards stakeholders' concerns and engaging with sustainability strategies to make a positive contribution to society. Our findings also reaffirm that women on the boards of H&T firms are more community-oriented and philanthropically driven than women in senior management positions who can be perceived as being profit-oriented rather than stakeholder-oriented as managers. Our results offer implications for policymakers and practitioners, and we suggest several avenues for future studies that could build upon our research.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

Journal of Travel Research

Creators:

Gerged, A., Tran, M. and Beddewela, E.

Publisher:

Sage

Date:

15 July 2022

ISSN:

0047-2875