Open AccessThe Science-Practice Gap Among Recreation Managers With HR Responsibilities
Author(s) -
Margaret D. Nowicki,
Margaret Arnold
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of college teaching and learning/journal of college teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-894X
pISSN - 1544-0389
DOI - 10.19030/tlc.v4i10.1539
Subject(s) - schism , recreation , public relations , perspective (graphical) , service (business) , state (computer science) , sociology , psychology , business , political science , marketing , algorithm , artificial intelligence , politics , computer science , law
Researchers across management fields continue to recognize the importance of conducting research that matters to practitioners (e.g., Nowicki & Rosse, 2001; Ford, Duncan, Bedeian, Ginter, Rousculp, & Adams, 2003) yet continue to point out the schism that exists between needs of practitioners and research interests of academics. This paper presents the results of a research study conducted to explore the use and knowledge of sound HR hiring practices among leisure service professionals in NY State. Findings indicate that leisure service managers lack a sufficient amount of HR-specific knowledge to do their jobs soundly from a legal perspective.