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Socially Responsible Practices in Hotels: Factor Analysis and Descriptive Statistics

Socially Responsible Practices in Hotels: Factor Analysis and Descriptive Statistics

María Dolores Sánchez-Fernández, Rosa María Vaca-Acosta, Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522502012|ISBN10: 1522502017|EISBN13: 9781522502029
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0201-2.ch015
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Sánchez-Fernández, María Dolores, et al. "Socially Responsible Practices in Hotels: Factor Analysis and Descriptive Statistics." Global Dynamics in Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality, edited by Nikolaos Pappas and Ilenia Bregoli, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 262-282. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0201-2.ch015

APA

Sánchez-Fernández, M. D., Vaca-Acosta, R. M., & Vargas-Sánchez, A. (2016). Socially Responsible Practices in Hotels: Factor Analysis and Descriptive Statistics. In N. Pappas & I. Bregoli (Eds.), Global Dynamics in Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality (pp. 262-282). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0201-2.ch015

Chicago

Sánchez-Fernández, María Dolores, Rosa María Vaca-Acosta, and Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez. "Socially Responsible Practices in Hotels: Factor Analysis and Descriptive Statistics." In Global Dynamics in Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality, edited by Nikolaos Pappas and Ilenia Bregoli, 262-282. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0201-2.ch015

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Abstract

The aim of this work is to study social responsible behavior in three, four and five star hotels found in Galicia and the Northern region of Portugal. To be able to carry out this investigation two types of analysis are carried out. First of all there is a descriptive statistical analysis about the group of variables contained in the used scale. Secondly a factor analysis is applied in which the factors that make up social responsibility in line with the triple dimension identified by Elkington (1997) are identified. The development of this methodology has made it possible to compare practices of social responsibility carried out by the hotels under study in two different countries, Spain and Portugal. From this investigation it can be concluded that the initial hypothesis is confirmed, corporations behave differently when it comes to social responsibility depending on the country they are in.

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