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Strategic Human Resource Management in the International Hospitality Industry. An Extensive Literature Review

Authors : Ioannis Rossidis, Dimitrios Belias, Labros Vasiliadis

Published in: Culture and Tourism in a Smart, Globalized, and Sustainable World

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This review takes an evolutionary perspective on the development of strategic human resource management literature. Managing human resources strategically, provides to a hotel business the opportunity to develop its plans for recruitment, training, and compensation based on the goals of the organization, ensuring a greater chance of organizational success. The paper focuses on how the field has evolved to its current state, articulates many of the major findings and contributions, and discusses how its potential future evolution. This approach contributes to the field of strategic human resource management by analyzing cases and good practices from the international environment. The article is aimed at exploring human resource management from a strategic perspective, tracing and exploiting effective managerial approaches of hospitality industry in the global environment.

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Metadata
Title
Strategic Human Resource Management in the International Hospitality Industry. An Extensive Literature Review
Authors
Ioannis Rossidis
Dimitrios Belias
Labros Vasiliadis
Copyright Year
2021
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72469-6_22