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Relational Work in Rural Tourism Enterprising: Navigating In-between the Formal and the Informal

Andersson Cederholm, Erika LU orcid ; Helgadottir, Gudrun ; Leick, Birgit and Sigurðardóttir, Ingibjörg (2024) In Sustainable Development Goals series p.109-126
Abstract
Small-scale tourism enterprises are central actors in the rural labour market as facilitators of job opportunities, sustained business relationships, collaborations, and the development of resilient work relationships. These enterprises navigate in a market characterised by social and economic complexity where work is performed by a diverse workforce. The relational work performed in such enterprises contributes to many of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In this chapter, SDG 8 “Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” is considered. The chapter addresses how the resilience of work relationships is performed in practice, and how it can be analysed,... (More)
Small-scale tourism enterprises are central actors in the rural labour market as facilitators of job opportunities, sustained business relationships, collaborations, and the development of resilient work relationships. These enterprises navigate in a market characterised by social and economic complexity where work is performed by a diverse workforce. The relational work performed in such enterprises contributes to many of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In this chapter, SDG 8 “Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” is considered. The chapter addresses how the resilience of work relationships is performed in practice, and how it can be analysed, presenting a theoretical framework for understanding rural tourism work. Drawing on the notion of “relational work” from economic sociology, the chapter offers a conceptual discussion aimed at developing a toolbox to analyse the boundary work between various types of relationships in the tourism labour market: formal and informal, professional and personal, as well as marketised and non-marketised work relationships. This toolbox captures important nuances in the labour market which are often overlooked. By studying these relationships, important learning leads to a better understanding of small-scale tourism enterprises and their role in rural tourism. (Less)
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Tourism Entrepreneurship: Knowledge and Challenges for a Sustainable Future
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Sustainable Development Goals series
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J. García-Almeida, Desiderio ; Gunnarsdóttir, Guðrún Þóra ; Jóhannesson, Gunnar Thór and Gudlaugsson, Thorhallur Orn
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18 pages
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Palgrave Macmillan
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  • scopus:85201802311
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978-3-031-61248-0
978-3-031-61249-7
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10.1007/978-3-031-61249-7_7
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English
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  author       = {{Andersson Cederholm, Erika and Helgadottir, Gudrun and Leick, Birgit and Sigurðardóttir, Ingibjörg}},
  booktitle    = {{Tourism Entrepreneurship: Knowledge and Challenges for a Sustainable Future}},
  editor       = {{J. García-Almeida, Desiderio and Gunnarsdóttir, Guðrún Þóra and Jóhannesson, Gunnar Thór and Gudlaugsson, Thorhallur Orn}},
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  title        = {{Relational Work in Rural Tourism Enterprising: Navigating In-between the Formal and the Informal}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-031-61249-7_7}},
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