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Applying endosymbiosis theory: Tourism and its young workers

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  • Robinson, Richard N.S.
  • Baum, Tom
  • Golubovskaya, Maria
  • Solnet, David J.
  • Callan, Victor

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Building on systems theory and its applications in tourism management, we introduce the natural science evolutionary ‘endosymbiosis theory’ to interpret the inter-dependencies of youth employment and tourism. Tourism organisations are located within a tourism industry or a sub-system, which in turn is bounded within a broader socio-economic ecosystem. We mobilise three classifications of symbiosis - mutualism, commensalism and parasitism to: a) test the analytic utility of this theoretical approach as a means to unpack the young worker and tourism employment relationships, and b) unify hitherto disparate literatures on the youth-tourism employment relationship. In particular, we model the explanatory value of endosymbiosis theory, navigating the ethicalities and moralities of the social sciences, in progressing our understanding of the tourism-young worker intersection.

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  • Robinson, Richard N.S. & Baum, Tom & Golubovskaya, Maria & Solnet, David J. & Callan, Victor, 2019. "Applying endosymbiosis theory: Tourism and its young workers," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 1-1.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:78:y:2019:i:c:15
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2019.102751
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