José Álvarez-García

José Álvarez-García has a PhD in Direction and Planning of Tourism by the University of Vigo. Currently he is assistant professor and researcher at the Department of Financial Economics and Accounting of the Faculty of Business, Finances and Tourism at the University of Extremadura, (Spain). Previously professor at the University of Vigo. Official University Master's in Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship (University of Vigo) and Master MBA Executive of Business Administration & Management (Business School Caixa Nova). Bachelor of Veterinary Science from the University of León (Castilla y León-Spain), and Diploma in Health by the National School of Health (Spain). He has published various research articles indexed in international journals and different book chapters. His main research topics are: Quality Management Systems in Business and Tourism: “Q for Tourist Quality”, ISO 9000, ISO 14000 y EMAS; Thermalism and Thalassotherapy, Health and Wellness, Wine Tourism, Hunting tourism; Entrepreneurship and Higher Education, among others.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Socio-Economic Impacts of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
Handbook of Research on Socio-Economic Impacts of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
José Álvarez-García, María de la Cruz del Río Rama, Martín Gómez-Ullate. © 2019. 455 pages.
Religious studies and research have gained a lot of interest and attention from researchers, policy makers, and practitioners over the last few years, but the socio-economic...
Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage: Study of Academic Publications in Scopus
Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage: Study of Academic Publications in Scopus
Amador Durán-Sánchez, María de la Cruz Del Río-Rama, Cristiana Oliveira, José Álvarez-García. © 2019. 18 pages.
Tourism is an economic activity capable of promoting the development of regions, creating wealth and contributing to the preservation of heritage. Thus, the tourism sector in...
Total Quality Management Practices and Employees' Satisfaction
Total Quality Management Practices and Employees' Satisfaction
José Álvarez-García, María de la Cruz del Río Rama, Evaristo Galeana-Figueroa, Dora Aguilasocho-Montoya. © 2018. 23 pages.
In this chapter, the results of an empirical case carried out in 2014 in a thermal centre in Spain are exposed. The aim of this study is to identify/evaluate current labour...