Emotional intelligence is the capability to recognize, use and manage one’s own emotions and those of others. The use of emotional information guides thinking and behaviour, allowing adjustment of emotions to adapt to environments. As tourism and hospitality services are produced and consumed simultaneously, with a high level of contact between employees and customers, the development of emotional intelligence of employees in tourism and hospitality establishments is vital.
This book has a skills-based approach and explains how emotional intelligence can be developed in tourism and hospitality students and employees. Key features:
A foreword by Gill Hasson
The first tourism and hospitality book to describe emotional intelligence
Covers all major literature, concepts, theories and research findings from the perspective of emotional intelligence.
Includes exercises, end of chapter questions, practical examples, student aids and Powerpoint slides for each chapter that can be used in class by academicians and practitioners in their training sessions.
The book is intended for use by tourism and hospitality students, researchers and practitioners.
Tentang Penulis
Atila Yüksel is Professor at the Tourism Faculty of Adnan Menderes University in Turkey. His research focuses on services marketing and management, and research methodology and he has published extensively in prestigious journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, and Cornell Quarterly Review. He also serves on the editorial boards of several scholarly journals. Author of ‘Tourist Satisfaction & Complaining Behavior: Measurement & Management Issues in the Tourism & Hospitality Industry’ (published by Nova) and co-author ‘Heritage Tourism Destinations: Preservation, Communication and Development’ (published by CABI).
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