Intersectionality in the Hospitality and Tourism Sectors: A Practical Guide

This timely and innovative book presents a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to operationalising intersectionality studies in tourism and hospitality.

Interdisciplinary and international in both scope and appeal, this comprehensive volume includes practical insights throughout, equipping researchers with the tools they need to address intersectional inequality and advance social justice. Using a multi-level approach, the book links individual experiences with organisational practices, as well as structural, environmental, and contextual factors. With a future-focused lens, this title also provides critical reflections on power dynamics and social inequalities, in order to pave the way for further inquiry and action.

This volume is of pivotal interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in tourism and hospitality management, sociology, and organisational studies, as well as policymakers seeking to advance equality, diversity, and social justice.

Shelagh K. Mooney is Associate Dean Research and Associate Professor, Faculty of Culture and Society, at Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand. Shelagh’s research is focused on diversity and sustainable workforce issues, with an emphasis on how gender intersects with other aspects of individual identity in employment. Her studies explore how the interactions between individual, organisational, and societal levels can influence outcomes for employees, managers, and employers.