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Career Strategies Of Hotel Managers In Canada

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  • Candace Blayney
  • Karen Blotnicky

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The purpose of this paper is to explore career strategies used by hotel managers in Canada. An online survey was conducted of 60 hotel general managers across Canada, including 30 male and 30 female respondents. The results indicated that gaining experience and mentoring are the main strategies used for career advancement for men and women. Gaining experience was obtained by asking for challenging projects and moving properties. Some personality factors were identified as willingness to learn and determination. This study allows a better understanding of how men and women develop their careers in the Canadian hotel industry, an important one consisting of over 8,000 properties and generating revenues of $16.7 billion in 2013 (PKF, 2014). The Canadian hotel industry has little scholarly research. Further research into how work experience can be leveraged more efficiently into career building strategies and how personality factors impact career development is required

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  • Candace Blayney & Karen Blotnicky, 2016. "Career Strategies Of Hotel Managers In Canada," Global Journal of Business Research, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 10(2), pages 33-48.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibf:gjbres:v:10:y:2016:i:2:p:33-48
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    Keywords

    Hotel Managers; Career Strategies; Management Development; Canadian Hotel Industry;
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    JEL classification:

    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M50 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - General
    • M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions

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