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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Volume 93, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2020.102770
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COVID-19; Pandemic; Crisis; Hotel employees; Absenteeism; Willingness to work
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The study found that front-line hotel employees generally felt a sense of duty to work during the pandemic, but there were also perceived barriers that impacted their willingness and ability to report to work. These barriers were categorized as either ability barriers or willingness barriers, but the distinction between the two was not clear-cut, forming a continuum with negotiable and insuperable barriers. Therefore, the key to reducing absenteeism during the pandemic lies in addressing willingness barriers before they become perceived as barriers to ability.
This research note reports the results of a qualitative study exploring front-line hotel employees' views about working during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to identify factors that may influence their ability and willingness to report to work. Findings from online focus-groups reveal that front-line hotel employees generally felt a sense of duty to work during the pandemic. However, there were also a number of perceived barriers to working that impacted on this sense of duty. These emerged as barriers to ability and barriers to willingness, but the distinction is not clear-cut. Instead, most barriers seem to form a continuum ranging from negotiable barriers to insuperable barriers. Following this coneptualisation, the key to reducing absenteeism during the pandemic is likely to take remedial action so that barriers to willingness do not become perceived as barriers to ability to work. Practical implications towards this direction are offered.
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