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1. Gender:
Lodging: All of the 161 subordinates from the lodging group who participated in the
current study specified their gender. 80.7 % were men and 19.3 % were women.
Dining: All of the 161 subordinates from the dining group who participated in the
current study specified their gender. 94.8 % were men and the remaining subordinates
were women (See Table 6).These data are consistent with previous studies that found
that the Indian hospitality industry is traditionally male-dominated and women in the
workforce are minimum (Chhokar, 2007; Pellegrini et al., 2010).
Table 6: Gender of Subordinates
Lodging:
# of Subordinates Percentage (%)
Male 130 80.7
Female 31 19.3
Total 161 100.0
Dining:
Male 146 94.8
Female 8 5.2
Total 154 100.0
All responses:
Male 276 87.6
Female 39 12.4
Total 315 100
2. Age:
Lodging: The average age among these participating subordinates was 30.96 years old
and the standard deviation (measure of spread of a set of observations) of the age was
9.06 (See Table 7).
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