Development of a priority tool for ensuring leadership in sustainable development in tourism and hotel restaurant enterprises

Abstract

This research explores the processes of ensuring leadership in sustainable development and the related managerial interaction of enterprise leaders in the tourism and hotel-restaurant sectors. Within the scope of the research, the issue of establishing managerial interaction among leaders of tourism and hotel-restaurant enterprises, as well as shaping their effective influence on subordinates, was examined. In addition, the research considered conditions in which in which there is a prevailing orientation toward the extensive use of natural resources, alongside a simultaneous aspiration for integration into the European economic space, where sustainable development is a priority. This paper intends to identify a model that can serve as a tool for ensuring leadership in sustainable development through the integration of individual leaders’ perceptions of the desired state of the enterprise into a shared vision. This implies that this vision iscommunicated across the strategic, coordination, and operational levels, while also balancing and enabling effective managerial interaction among its leaders. This research defines optimal paths for achieving leadership in the field of sustainable development of tourism and hotel-restaurant enterprises. These results are explained by the following: – integration of leaders’ interests into a shared strategic vision allows for the coordination of their actions at all levels of interaction; – formalizing the relationship between leaders’ influences and sustainable development outcomes demonstrates the effectiveness of coalition proposals and their contribution to enhancing the significance of the Triple Bottom Line; – translating the vision of sustainable development into specific managerial actions ensures a consistent increase in Triple Bottom Line indicators even under imperfect conditions.

The results can be implemented in organizational management, but under conditions where tourism and hotel-restaurant enter- prises have formalized leader coalitions and their owners demonstrate a readiness to integrate sustainable development principles into their operations.