RT Journal Article T1 An Approach to the Defining Factors of Salaries in the Spanish Tourist Sector. A1 Sánchez-Cubo, Francisco A1 Mondéjar-Jiménez, José A1 García-Pozo, Alejandro K1 Turismo - España K1 Hostelería K1 Condiciones de trabajo K1 Recursos humanos K1 Salarios AB Purpose: The importance of workers in labour-intensive industries, such as tourism, isundeniable. In this sense, it has been investigated for decades from variousmethodological approaches. However, in the academic literature on tourism, the PLSSEM path modelling technique has hardly been used. Methodology: Therefore, this workuses that technique to contrast which factors define the employees' wages in the Spanishtourism industry. Additionally, an IPMA analysis is carried out, which provides informeddecision-making. Findings: Thus, the main results obtained are the verification andmeasurement of the relationships of Human Capital, Labour Conditions and Market withWages, and the relation between Human Capital and Labour Conditions. Besides, theimprovement points in each variable are identified. Especial emphasis is given to thoserelated to Human Capital and, partially, to the Market. Originality: Considering theturning point that the temporary cessation of the tourism industry activity due to theCOVID-19 pandemic has been, it is essential to take advantage of it to identify and correctexisting deficiencies. Therefore, this work aims to be a base document for theidentification of these problems. Research limitations: However, there are certainlimitations to this study. Mainly, as the indicators used are given by the 2018 SalaryStructure Survey, they are stiff, and so the design of the model turns to be more difficult. PB Emerald YR 2023 FD 2023-01-10 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40546 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40546 LA eng NO Sánchez-Cubo, F., Mondéjar-Jiménez, J., & García-Pozo, A. (2023). An approach to the defining factors of salaries in the Spanish tourist sector. Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, 36(1), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.1108/arla-05-2022-0106 NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/23862 DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 21 ene 2026