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Human Resource Management and Performance in the UK Hotel Industry
Author(s) -
Hoque Kim
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8543.00135
Subject(s) - hotel industry , human resource management , business , competitive advantage , human resources , focus (optics) , marketing , industrial organization , resource (disambiguation) , quality (philosophy) , knowledge management , process management , management , tourism , computer science , economics , philosophy , epistemology , computer network , physics , optics , political science , law
This article examines the relationship between human resource management and performance in the UK hotel industry. Using data from over 200 hotels, the results demonstrate, first, that the relationship between HRM and performance is dependent upon the business strategy the hotel is pursuing; second, that hotels pursuing an HRM approach coupled with a quality focus within their business strategy perform best; and, finally, that HRM is more likely to contribute to competitive success where it is introduced as an integrated and coherent package, or bundle of practices.