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Identification of Organizational Culture in the Hospitality Industry

Tourism and Hospitality Management

ISBN: 978-1-78635-714-4, eISBN: 978-1-78635-713-7

Publication date: 15 September 2016

Abstract

A range of organizational culture scales have been developed and applied in various industries. However, the measurement of organizational culture is noticeably different according to industry. Measuring organizational culture, specifically as it relates to the hospitality industry, is also a research area that has remained relatively unexplored. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss some essential problems and gaps existing in the previous studies. This chapter also presents a new scale entitled the “hospitality industry organization culture scale” that applies specifically to the hospitality context, and contributes to our understanding of organizational culture within this context. A multidisciplinary and mixed-method research approaches were followed in order to develop a new organizational culture scale for the hospitality industry. The findings suggest that the hospitality industry has unique cultural characteristics that are distinguished from similar industries.

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Bavik, A. (2016), "Identification of Organizational Culture in the Hospitality Industry", Tourism and Hospitality Management (Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Vol. 12), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 197-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1871-317320160000012015

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