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The Impact Of Gender On Strategic Typology In The Hotel Industry In Canada

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  • Candace Blayney
  • Karen Blotnicky

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This research explores the impact of gender on managerial styles, especially the strategic typology employed by hotel managers in Canada during economic stressful times. Miles and Snow’s strategic typology framework of defender, prospector, analyzer and reactor was employed and explored by gender. Also, performance was examined by strategic typology to determine any relationships. Findings in this study were women hotel managers used the defender strategy and men used the analyzer strategy. There were no statistically significant findings on which strategy was best for performance. Implications of this study and further research are discussed.

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  • Candace Blayney & Karen Blotnicky, 2011. "The Impact Of Gender On Strategic Typology In The Hotel Industry In Canada," Global Journal of Business Research, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 5(4), pages 107-117.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibf:gjbres:v:5:y:2011:i:4:p:107-117
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    Keywords

    gender; management; strategy; hotels; Canada;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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