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The ever-changing conditions of the present climate require leaders who can ensure adaptation between human resources and work, transform systems, and direct people to goals in a more effective and persuasive way. Leadership is very crucial and necessary in the field of tourism, as it is in all fields. Leadership has been dealt with in the historical process with situational approaches, behavioral approaches, and leadership skills; since the early 1980s, leadership approaches such as transformative, servant, spiritual, and authentic leadership have come to the fore. Leadership Approaches in Global Hospitality and Tourism examines popular approaches to leadership in the context of tourism and contributes to the extant literature by demonstrating various aspects of the hospitality and tourism industry. It reveals the leadership approaches that scholars and practitioners should adopt in order to understand the crucial role of leadership and to respond to everchanging conditions with empirical studies, theoretical backgrounds, and best practices. Covering topics such as soft skills, transformational leadership, and self-leadership, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for business executives and managers, governmental and non-governmental organization leaders, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

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Ahmet Baytok is the head of department at the Tourism Management Department at Afyon Kocatepe University and has received his associate professorship in Tourism. He is currently interests in the research of leadership in hospitality, organizational behavior, management and sustainability in tourism. Özcan Zorlu is the co-head of Tourism Guidance department at faculty of Tourism at Afyon Kocatepe University. He received his bachelor’s degree inhospitality and tourism management at Balıkesir University and his master’s degree in tourism management from Balıkesir University. He has received his associate professorship in tourism and written widely on specifically organizational behavior, knowledge management and alternative tourism activities in tourism. Ali Avan is the vice dean of Faculty of Tourism at Afyon Kocatepe University. He received his bachelor’s degree in hospitality and tourism management at Mersin University, his master’s degree in tourism management from Afyon Kocatepe University and his Ph.D. in business administration from Afyon Kocatepe University. He is currently an associate professor in the Tourism Management department, and his areas of research include consumer behavior in tourism, services marketing, tourism marketing and sustainability in tourism. Engin Bayraktaroğlu received his Master’s degree in Tourism and Hotel Management from Kocatepe University in 2013 and a Ph.D. degree in Tourism Management from Anadolu University in 2019. He works as an Associate Professor at Anadolu University Faculty of Tourism. He is currently on sabbatical leave as a guest researcher at The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Faculty of Business and Economics. His research interest includes destination value, destination development, and tourist mobility.

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