Are your associates flourishing? An investigation on hospitality employees' well-being in post-pandemic
Employee well-being, a cornerstone of a healthy workplace and professional performance, has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As we transition out of this crisis, it is of utmost importance to promptly evaluate the current state of hospitality employees’ well-being. This will enable managers to support those in need, underscoring our research's critical and timely nature, which will be reported here. The Empirical Study In collaboration with Dr. Bonhak Koo at Texas Tech University and Dr. Sohee Kim at the University of South Alabama, we published a study in the International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration . We aimed to answer two research questions: RQ1 : To what extent can the well-being profiles of hospitality employees be identified? RQ2 : How do their well-being profiles relate to their motivation? The Research Design and The Sample We conceptualized our work using Seligman’s well-being theory (the PERMA model) and the self-dete...