Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management Emerald Article: Expatriation in the hotel industry: An exploratory study of management skills and cultural training Gina Fe Causin‚ Baker Ayoun‚ Patrick Moreo Article information: To cite this document: Gina Fe Causin‚ Baker Ayoun‚ Patrick Moreo‚ (2011)‚"Expatriation in the hotel industry: An exploratory study of management skills and cultural training"‚ International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management‚ Vol. 23 Iss: 7 pp. 885 - 901 Permanent
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Using rewards to motivate employees. How to pay: rewarding individual employees to variable pay programs Types of pay programs Piece-rate pay Merit based pay Bonuses Skill based pay Profit sharing plans Gain sharing Employee stock ownership plans Evaluation of variable pay Piece rate pay Provides no base salary and pays the employees only for what the one produces. E.g. ball park workers Limitations are that they are not feasible for many jobs Profit sharing plans
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Motivation of employees is an important part of the success of the business. “Psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed that all people seek to satisfy five basic kinds of needs: physiological needs‚ safety needs‚ belongingness needs‚ esteem needs‚ and self-actualization needs.” (Jones & George‚ 2011‚ p. 303) If the needs‚ within reason‚ of the employee are being met‚ than it’s only makes sense that the employee will exceed goals‚ be happier at the workplace‚ and have more motivation to continue
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. Gift-giving . Negotiation Marketing strategy Conclusion References 1. Executive summary China is booming! No country is growing as strong as China. In 2013 the country is expected to rise to the largest trading nation in the world. The purpose of this report is to investigate the Chinese culture and provide basic information in order to develop knowledge for the international company planning to enter the Chinese market. To enter a Chinese market our company has
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Transitory employees are defined as experienced‚ skilled workers who have less than five years of tenure with their current employer. There are two types of transitory employees: Intra-industry and Extra-industry. An intra-industry transitory employee already possesses knowledge of the business/industry language and technical aspects of the job and only requires training in their new company’s culture and ways of doing business. Sources for these candidates can be either: • Internal—transfers
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and transgender population continue to face disadvantages despite other major strides in the development of equal rights for all. Transgender individuals are at greatest risk of violence and torture‚ even execution. Discrimination is visible in all aspects of society‚ including the workplace‚ schools and healthcare facilities. The monumental strides made in the US need to be praised and emulated globally. Despite the progress the US has made to date‚ enviable by many other nations‚ have they done enough
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Cross cultural management with special focus on evolution of our understanding of national culture and other cultural changes. In this analysis phase of assignment‚ basically the given three types of action items will be critically considered. - Concept of national political culture & it’s importance to drive management practice - Culture for managers of business organizations - Theories of culture and cross-cultural management Firstly‚ the article ‘Is National Culture still relevant
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CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT Under these conditions it is obvious that corporations very often operate in different countries and deal with people from other nations. The Company that makes business outside the home country encounters some difficulties. There are significant differences among countries according to their culture and this affects their relationships between trade partners or cooperating companies. This subject very often is described by Lisbeth Clausen. She is a professor that associates
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THE CULTURAL TALE OF TWO SHUTTLES NASA’s habit of relaxing safety standards to meet financial and time constraints set the stage for the Feb. 1 loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts‚ investigators said Tuesday. They warned that the agency’s “broken safety culture” would lead to tragedy again unless fundamental changes are made. In a wide-ranging analysis of decades of NASA history‚ the Columbia Accident Investigation Board said the space agency’s attitude toward safety
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month‚ causing Davis extreme difficulty in workforce scheduling. Recently Davis started hiring temporary workers supplied by WorkForce Unlimited‚ a company that specializes in providing temporary employees for firms in the greater Atlanta area. WorkForce Unlimited offered to provide temporary employees under three contract options that differ in terms of the length of employment and the cost. The three options are summarized: Option Length of Employment Cost 1 One month
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