Day 3 - Friday, 31 July 2009
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Using student workers can be seen as a flexible option for many organizations. Drawing data from interviews with hotel managers, this study aims to explore flexible options as a response to labour shortages in the Taiwan hotel industry, specifically to explore the potential of employing full time college/university students as part time workers in the hotel industry and to provide insights into hotel managers’ perceptions in employing full time college/university students to work on a part time basis. The findings suggest that student labour is considered an effective and a flexible human resource to meet employers’ needs in solving the labour shortage problem in the hotel industry. This research attempts to bridge a research gap relating to the role of student labour in the Taiwanese hotel industry, one that has been neglected in labour market research, particularly with respect to flexible labour.
Start Date
31-7-2009 11:30 AM
End Date
7-31-2009 12:30 PM
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Employing Student Workers in the Hotel Industry on a Part-Time Basis
Using student workers can be seen as a flexible option for many organizations. Drawing data from interviews with hotel managers, this study aims to explore flexible options as a response to labour shortages in the Taiwan hotel industry, specifically to explore the potential of employing full time college/university students as part time workers in the hotel industry and to provide insights into hotel managers’ perceptions in employing full time college/university students to work on a part time basis. The findings suggest that student labour is considered an effective and a flexible human resource to meet employers’ needs in solving the labour shortage problem in the hotel industry. This research attempts to bridge a research gap relating to the role of student labour in the Taiwanese hotel industry, one that has been neglected in labour market research, particularly with respect to flexible labour.