Award Date

12-1-2022

Degree Type

Professional Paper

Degree Name

Master of Science in Hotel Administration

Department

William F. Harrah College of Hospitality

First Committee Member

Dr. Christine Bergman

Number of Pages

37

Abstract

The acute shortage of manpower in hospitality workforce has been a persistent problem in Singapore throughout these years which adversely affects both the managerial and lower-skilled occupational groups of employees. The pandemic has further accelerated human resource issues across the country in 2020. It particularly hits the hospitality industry hard since hotel businesses are highly human-centric and the unprecedented world event has adversely resulted in severe manpower leakages and a dilution of talent pool. This paper will analyze the reasons, severity and impact of the manpower shortage within the hospitality industry in Singapore, focusing on service quality. Lastly, the author will provide recommendations based on exploratory research to mitigate the labor shortage issue. These recommendations include working with external agencies to equip their organizations with qualified and skilled workers, creating career paths and cross-trainings to retain talents, making training program mandatory, devising job re- creation to assist mature workers, and creating meaningful jobs to retain employees by increasing their satisfaction towards their jobs in the long run.

Keywords

Labor shortages; Service quality; COVID-19; Singapore hospitality industry; Employee capabilities

Controlled Subject

Labor; Hospitality Industry--Management

Disciplines

Hospitality Administration and Management | Labor Relations

File Format

pdf

File Size

212 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

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