Covid-19’s Impact on the Hospitality Workforce – New Crisis or Amplification of the Norm?

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aut.relation.issueahead-of-printen_NZ
aut.relation.journalInternational Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Managementen_NZ
aut.relation.volumeahead-of-printen_NZ
aut.researcherMooney, Shelagh
dc.contributor.authorBaum, Ten_NZ
dc.contributor.authorMooney, SKKen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, RNSen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorSolnet, Den_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-03T00:05:06Z
dc.date.available2020-08-03T00:05:06Z
dc.date.copyright2020-07-29en_NZ
dc.date.issued2020-07-29en_NZ
dc.description.abstractPurpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hospitality workforce in situ between mid-April and June 2020. Design/methodology/approach This is a viewpoint paper that brings together a variety of sources and intelligence relating the impacts on hospitality work of the COVID-19 pandemic at three levels: macro (global, policy, government), meso (organisational) and micro (employee). It questions whether the situations faced by hospitality workers as a result of the pandemic are seed-change different from the precarious lives they normally lead or just a (loud) amplification of the “normal”. Findings In light of the fluid environment relating to COVID-19, conclusions are tentative and question whether hospitality stakeholders, particularly consumers, governments and the industry itself, will emerge from the pandemic with changed attitudes to hospitality work and hospitality workers. Practical implications This raises questions about hospitality work for key stakeholders to address in the future, some of which are systemic in terms of how precarious labour forces, critical to the global economy are to be considered by policy makers, organisations in a re-emerging competitive market for talent and for those who chose (or not) to work in hospitality. Social implications This paper contributes to ongoing debates about precarious work and the extent to which such practices are institutionalised and adopts an “amplification model” that may have value in futures-orientated analysis about hospitality and tourism. Originality/value This paper is wholly original and a reflection on the COVID-19 crisis. It provides a point of wider reference with regard to responses to crises and their impact on employment in hospitality, highlighting how ongoing change, fluidity and uncertainty serve to magnify and exacerbate the precarious nature of work in the industry.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-04-2020-0314
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/ijchm-04-2020-0314en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn0959-6119en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/13568
dc.languageenen_NZ
dc.publisherEmeralden_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJCHM-04-2020-0314/full/html
dc.rightsCopyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2020. Authors retain the right to place his/her pre-publication version of the work on a personal website or institutional repository for non commercial purposes. The definitive version was published in (see Citation). The original publication is available at www.emeraldinsight.com (see Publisher’s Version).
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectWorkforce; Hospitality; Precarity; COVID-19
dc.titleCovid-19’s Impact on the Hospitality Workforce – New Crisis or Amplification of the Norm?en_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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