Managing Service Workers: Exploratory Insights from a Sample of Jamaican Service Organisations



Título del documento: Managing Service Workers: Exploratory Insights from a Sample of Jamaican Service Organisations
Revista: Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000294470
ISSN: 1028-8813
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1University of West Indies, Department of Management Studies, Mona, Kingston. Jamaica
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 32
Número: 4
Paginación: 8-30
País: Barbados
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés Employees in service organisations are expected to perform physical, emotional and aesthetic labour as they seek to create a competitive advantage for the organisation. These types of labour have not been widely studied in Jamaica and it is likely that models from other countries may not be fully applicable. An exploratory study of 50 Jamaican service organisations examined the way in which managers conceived of the use of emotional and aesthetic labour to enhance competitiveness within their organisations. The study also examined employee views of service in general and of their own role and value in the delivery of service that created a competitive advantage. Results indicated that managers had clear visions of how emotional and aesthetic labour could help them to create a competitive service experience. They did not, however, support these visions with strategic human resource management. Employees in the study were found to be accepting of the requirements of emotional and aesthetic labour but were unlikely to achieve managerial goals because of these poor human resource practices. The study concludes with recommendations for managers as well as for future studies
Disciplinas: Administración y contaduría
Palabras clave: Recursos humanos,
Competitividad,
Sector servicios,
Estrategias,
Administración de personal,
Jamaica
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