Payal Kumar is Dean of Research & Management Studies, Indian School of Hospitality, India, Emerald Brand Ambassador and the Academy of Management Discoveries South Asian Ambassador. In addition to being an award-winning academician and prolific writer, she is also a passionate teacher of doctoral and postgraduate students. Payal is also a co-author of Gender Equity in the Boardroom: The Case of India (Emerald Group Publishing, 2020).

This rigorous study on India’s hospitality industry from a gendered lens is a notable contribution to the literature on gender and leadership in the global south. Congratulations are in order to the author Payal Kumar for this invaluable monograph.

• Foreword; Ashish MalikChapter 1. Tourism and hospitality: Pre- and post-COVID 19 Pandemic Chapter 2. Literature review Chapter 3. Study results: Barriers to woman leadership in hospitality Chapter 4. Models for individual and systematic change Chapter 5. Recommendations Chapter 6. Discussion and conclusion

Payal Kumar is Dean of Research & Management Studies, Indian School of Hospitality, India, Emerald Brand Ambassador and the Academy of Management Discoveries South Asian Ambassador. In addition to being an award-winning academician and prolific writer, she is also a passionate teacher of doctoral and postgraduate students. Payal is also a co-author of Gender Equity in the Boardroom: The Case of India (Emerald Group Publishing, 2020).

This rigorous study on India’s hospitality industry from a gendered lens is a notable contribution to the literature on gender and leadership in the global south. Congratulations are in order to the author Payal Kumar for this invaluable monograph.

• Foreword; Ashish MalikChapter 1. Tourism and hospitality: Pre- and post-COVID 19 Pandemic Chapter 2. Literature review Chapter 3. Study results: Barriers to woman leadership in hospitality Chapter 4. Models for individual and systematic change Chapter 5. Recommendations Chapter 6. Discussion and conclusion

Payal Kumar is Dean of Research & Management Studies, Indian School of Hospitality, India, Emerald Brand Ambassador and the Academy of Management Discoveries South Asian Ambassador. In addition to being an award-winning academician and prolific writer, she is also a passionate teacher of doctoral and postgraduate students. Payal is also a co-author of Gender Equity in the Boardroom: The Case of India (Emerald Group Publishing, 2020).

This rigorous study on India’s hospitality industry from a gendered lens is a notable contribution to the literature on gender and leadership in the global south. Congratulations are in order to the author Payal Kumar for this invaluable monograph.

• Foreword; Ashish MalikChapter 1. Tourism and hospitality: Pre- and post-COVID 19 Pandemic Chapter 2. Literature review Chapter 3. Study results: Barriers to woman leadership in hospitality Chapter 4. Models for individual and systematic change Chapter 5. Recommendations Chapter 6. Discussion and conclusion