COVID-19 and game park employees’ livelihoods in a distressed destination
This paper examines the extent to which COVID-19 impacted the livelihoods of game park employees in a destination with ongoing political and economic challenges. Data were collected through interviewing employees revealed employee resilience levels and strategies to save their livelihoods during a c...
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| author | Musavengane, Regis Woyo, Erisher Ndlovu, Agartha Olga |
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| description | This paper examines the extent to which COVID-19 impacted the livelihoods of game park employees in a destination with ongoing political and economic challenges. Data were collected through interviewing employees revealed employee resilience levels and strategies to save their livelihoods during a crisis. It showcased the weaknesses of organizational social capital nodes in assisting employees during their vulnerable moments. It was found that employees on short-term contracts were the most affected, as they were the first to be laid off. The paper suggests up-skilling game park employees and develops empowerment interventions that help them generate second streams of income. This coping strategy is rarely discussed in the literature of tourism crisis and disaster management. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-47752022-06-27T13:49:06Z COVID-19 and game park employees’ livelihoods in a distressed destination Musavengane, Regis Woyo, Erisher Ndlovu, Agartha Olga COVID-19 game parks distressed destinations tourism crisis Zimbabwe This paper examines the extent to which COVID-19 impacted the livelihoods of game park employees in a destination with ongoing political and economic challenges. Data were collected through interviewing employees revealed employee resilience levels and strategies to save their livelihoods during a crisis. It showcased the weaknesses of organizational social capital nodes in assisting employees during their vulnerable moments. It was found that employees on short-term contracts were the most affected, as they were the first to be laid off. The paper suggests up-skilling game park employees and develops empowerment interventions that help them generate second streams of income. This coping strategy is rarely discussed in the literature of tourism crisis and disaster management. 2022-03-28T14:04:53Z 2022-03-28T14:04:53Z 2021 Article 2156-6909 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13032917.2021.1985543?journalCode=rana20 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4775 en Anatolia An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research; open Routledge |
| spellingShingle | COVID-19 game parks distressed destinations tourism crisis Zimbabwe Musavengane, Regis Woyo, Erisher Ndlovu, Agartha Olga COVID-19 and game park employees’ livelihoods in a distressed destination |
| title | COVID-19 and game park employees’ livelihoods in a distressed destination |
| title_full | COVID-19 and game park employees’ livelihoods in a distressed destination |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 and game park employees’ livelihoods in a distressed destination |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and game park employees’ livelihoods in a distressed destination |
| title_short | COVID-19 and game park employees’ livelihoods in a distressed destination |
| title_sort | covid-19 and game park employees’ livelihoods in a distressed destination |
| topic | COVID-19 game parks distressed destinations tourism crisis Zimbabwe |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13032917.2021.1985543?journalCode=rana20 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4775 |
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