The work-family conflict and its implications in the tourism sector from a gender perspective
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
In recent years, significant interest has emerged in analyzing the conflict between family and work life, as well as the factors that influence it and its effects. This interest arises with the increase in families in which both members of the central couple are working, which affects the time they spend together, not only with each other, but also with their children and family in general. In line with the above, an investigation was carried out in Guanajuato Capital, specifically in the Tourism Sector, focused on the hotel industry that operates 24 hours a day. A quantitative methodology was used that included questionnaires validated through factor analysis and reliability with Cronbach's alpha that were applied to employees of various hotels in the city, specifically boutique establishments, as well as 4 or 5 star hotels, with a comparative gender analysis with the results obtained, to finally generate strategies that contribute to reducing or negotiating the factors that generate the conflict, analyzing the implications it has on other variables. The research had a correlational scope, seeking to determine the relationship between work-family conflict and the gender of the workers. The data were analyzed with statistical software, revealing that work-family conflict affects men and women equally, regardless of their educational level. However, it was found that the educational level is related to the position held and that the majority of the occupants of the highest position, general management, are men.
Keywords: Tourism; Work-family conflict; Gender; Guanajuato; Hospitality
Downloads
Article Details
Copyright Notices Proposed by Creative Commons
Proposed policy for journals offering deferred open access
Those authors who have publications with this journal, accept the following terms:
1. The authors will retain their copyright and guarantee to the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Recognition License CC BY-NC 4.0 (Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International — CC BY-NC 4.0 ) hird parties to share the work provided that its author and its first publication is indicated this journal and no commercial use is made.
2. Authors may adopt other non-exclusive licensing agreements for the distribution of the published version of the work (e.g., deposit it in an institutional telematics file or publish it in a monographic volume) provided that the initial publication is indicated in this journal.
3. Authors are allowed and recommended to disseminate their work over the Internet (e.g. in institutional telematics files or on their website) before and during the submission process, which can produce interesting exchanges and increase citations of the published work. (See The effect of open access: http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html.