The Impact of Tourism Seasonality on Employees’ Entrepreneurship Intention and Intention to Leave in Egyptian Tourism and Hospitality Industry: The Moderating Role of Internal Corporate Social Responsibility

Abstract

This study explores the effects of tourism seasonality on entrepreneurship intention and employees’ intention to leave. It also looks at how internal corporate social responsibility (internal CSR) affects the relationship between entrepreneurship intention and both employees' intention to leave and tourism seasonality. 654 responses from employees working at 100 category (A)’ travel agencies and 28 five-star hotels in Egypt's Greater Cairo were analyzed using PLS-SEM. The study's findings demonstrated a strong direct correlation between entrepreneurial intention and tourism seasonality. The intention to leave is also positively impacted by tourism seasonality. The findings supported the existence of a strong positive link between entrepreneurial intention and intention to leave. It was proved that internal CSR acted as a moderator between the tourism seasonality and employees' intent to leave. Contrarily, the findings indicated that internal CSR does not moderate the association between entrepreneurial intention and the intention to leave. This result has been explained. Numerous theoretical and practical implications in the context of tourism and hospitality were introduced at the end of this research.

Keywords

• tourism seasonality
• internal corporate social responsibility
• entrepreneurship intention
• intention to leave
• egypt