Mobilities
Volume 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-414

Migration and Innovation at the Bottom End: Understanding the Role of Migrant Managers in Small Hotels in the Global City (Article)

Paraskevopoulou A.* , Markova E. , Williams A. , Shaw G.
  • a Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom
  • b Working Lives Research Institute, London Metroplitan University Business School, London, United Kingdom
  • c Surrey Tourism Research Centre, Faculty of Business, Law and Economics, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
  • d University of Exeter Business School, Exeter, United Kingdom

Abstract

The paper examines the role of international migration and innovation in small hotels through a comparative study of migrant and non-migrant owners and managers in London hotels. The findings show the dependence of the sector on international managers whose contribution to innovation is understood in relation to the global environment of London, sectoral particularities and complex processes of mobility amongst both migrant and non-migrant managers. Although there is only limited evidence of differences in the levels or types of innovation, international migration is significant in the transfer and dispersion of knowledge, and plays a key role in the incremental innovation processes which are essential to innovation performance in the sector. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Author Keywords

Innovation Migration London Hotels

Index Keywords

international migration United Kingdom England management industrial performance world city service sector London [England] innovation
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84864721801&doi=10.1080%2f17450101.2012.662359&partnerID=40&md5=cd65776df0f224d2cd266d4bae2e234e
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2012.662359
ISSN: 17450101
Cited by: 7
Original Language: English