Driving Strategic Leadership towards Tourism Sustainability in Abu Dhabi

Abstract

Tourism organization in performing its tasks depends largely on the ability of leadership to carry out its functions in order to sustain its performance and competitiveness in the domestic and international markets. The aim of the research is to test the association among Strategic leadership (SL) toward tourism sustainability (economic, environmental, and social) in UAE tourism industry. A quantitative research approach has been conducted for the study and survey-based method has followed in the research and distribute questionnaire among employee to collect data. The questionnaire has developed into five point Likert scale and structured questionnaires were distributed among UAE tourism employees. This study finding has showed direct relationship influences among variables. SL influence positively on toward economic (EC), environmental (ENV), and social (SO). These relationships are supported according the result that shown in the hypotheses..