Power distance among leaders in tourism
The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of power distance on leadership in tourism industry. This paper aimed to understand behaviours in leadership conducts and the aspects of power distance affecting these behaviours. The findings of the paper depict that where power distance is conc...
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| author | Abdul Hamid, Nur Atiqah Mokhtar, Nor Zainiyah Norita Chung, Jaime/Ji-Hye |
| author_facet | Abdul Hamid, Nur Atiqah Mokhtar, Nor Zainiyah Norita Chung, Jaime/Ji-Hye |
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| description | The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of power distance on leadership in tourism industry. This paper aimed to understand behaviours in leadership conducts and the aspects of power distance affecting these behaviours. The findings of the paper depict that where power distance is concerned, a leader in the tourism industry needs to be someone who is evasive and a win/win problem solver. |
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| spelling | iium-601522019-09-12T08:15:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60152/ Power distance among leaders in tourism Abdul Hamid, Nur Atiqah Mokhtar, Nor Zainiyah Norita Chung, Jaime/Ji-Hye H Social Sciences (General) The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of power distance on leadership in tourism industry. This paper aimed to understand behaviours in leadership conducts and the aspects of power distance affecting these behaviours. The findings of the paper depict that where power distance is concerned, a leader in the tourism industry needs to be someone who is evasive and a win/win problem solver. 2017-10-08 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60152/1/POWER%20DISTANCE%20AMONG%20LEADERS%20IN%20TOURISM%20ICESS%20KK%202017.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60152/7/ICESS%20SABAH%20%284%29.pdf Abdul Hamid, Nur Atiqah and Mokhtar, Nor Zainiyah Norita and Chung, Jaime/Ji-Hye (2017) Power distance among leaders in tourism. In: The IRES - 238th International conferences on Economics and Social Sciences (ICESS), 10th July 2017, - 2017-08-10#Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (Unpublished) 5011 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Abdul Hamid, Nur Atiqah Mokhtar, Nor Zainiyah Norita Chung, Jaime/Ji-Hye Power distance among leaders in tourism |
| title | Power distance among leaders in tourism |
| title_full | Power distance among leaders in tourism |
| title_fullStr | Power distance among leaders in tourism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Power distance among leaders in tourism |
| title_short | Power distance among leaders in tourism |
| title_sort | power distance among leaders in tourism |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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