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Sustainability Strategies Of Barber Salons, Kouassi Gilles Mevo
Sustainability Strategies Of Barber Salons, Kouassi Gilles Mevo
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many barber salons and other small businesses in the United States fail to succeed beyond the first 5 years. The factors responsible for the low survival rate of salons may include the limited training and education levels mandated by state certification requirements. The purpose of this multiple case study was to identify business strategies successful barber salon owners use to overcome the business management and staffing challenges associated with a small pool of skilled barbers and the high turnover in a low wage profession. The theory of transformational leadership served as the conceptual framework. The data collection included interviews of …