RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Institutional environment and job well -being on the governance of the tourism industry: a European study T2 Entorno institucional y bienestar laboral en la gobernanza del sector turístico: un estudio europeo A1 Cuéllar‑Molina, Deybbi A1 Lucía‑Casademunt, Ana María A1 García‑Cabrera, Antonia Mercedes K1 Bienestar Laboral K1 Gobernanza K1 Teoría Institucional K1 Sector Turístico K1 Países Europeos AB The distribution of wealth generated in the tourism industry among the labor force should beconsidered one out of the facets of the social tourism sustainability. Literature highlights that tourism firms’practices have an impact on labor well -being. However, it also warns that national institutions may conditionthe adoption of these practices by firms, and so institutions might become a challenge for well -being. Thisstudy analyzes the effect of institutions on well -being, and particularly it differentiates between employees andentrepreneurs as human resources in the tourism industry. The empirical analysis carried out on a sample of1,352 employees and 302 entrepreneurs located in 27 European countries, confirms the direct effect of nationalinstitutions on well -being at work. Because institutions would have affect human resources’ well -being, thetourism authorities should pay attention to the governance of this industry. PB Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales. Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, España) YR 2015 FD 2015 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/16306 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/16306 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 29-mar-2024