The Role of Children in Tourism and Hospitality Family Entrepreneurship

Antonia Canosa and Heike Schänzel
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Antonia Canosa: Centre for Children and Young People, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Coolangatta 4225, Australia
Heike Schänzel: School of Hospitality and Tourism, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-14

Abstract: This paper reports on a systematic scoping review of peer-reviewed academic literature in the areas of tourism and hospitality family entrepreneurship. Specifically, it explored how and to what extent existing literature paid attention to the roles of children and how children are constructed, including whether their voices and lived experiences are reflected in the studies. The Extension for Scoping Reviews’ approach (PRISMA-ScR) was used to identify appropriate articles included in the review. Findings suggest there is limited research focused, specifically, on the role of children in tourism and hospitality family entrepreneurship. Children are often referred to, in passing, as family helpers, beneficiaries of inheritance, and as recipients of intergenerational knowledge and entrepreneurial skills. The original contribution of this paper lies in highlighting the dearth of research focused on children’s roles, as economic and social actors, in tourism and hospitality, as well as proposing a child-inclusive approach to conceptualising tourism/hospitality family entrepreneurship. This is part of a broader social justice agenda, which is critical in tourism and hospitality research, policy, and planning to privilege children’s rights, their participation, and wellbeing.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; family business; children; young people; agency; tourism; hospitality; social justice; childism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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