International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 31 Issue 10

Guest editorial

Does the hospitality industry need or deserve talent?

This paper aims to confront the most challenging issues that the hospitality industry faces. This relates to the recruitment and retention of talented future leaders. This is a…

Talent management and unions: The impact of the New Zealand hotel workers union on talent management in hotels (1950-1995)

The purpose of this paper is to examine the Hotel Workers Union and its impact on talent management in the New Zealand hospitality sector using the corporatist framework drawing…

Talent management and retention strategies in luxury hotels: evidence from four countries

The purpose of this paper is to provide a definition of talent and talent management in the luxury hotel sector with a focus on talent retention strategies.

Conceptualising talent in multinational hotel corporations

To identify, develop and retain talent, an important first step is to ensure that key stakeholders in the talent management (TM) process have a shared view of what is meant by…

Talent in hospitality entrepreneurship: A conceptualization and research agenda

The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrative conceptual framework of the “talented hospitality entrepreneur”. In doing so, the authors address the current lack of…

Antecedents and outcomes of work–nonwork conflict in hospitality: a meta-analysis

This paper aims to provide and meta-analytically investigate a theoretical framework of work–nonwork conflict and its antecedents and outcomes in hospitality management.

Talent management meta review: a validity network schema approach

The purpose of this paper is to critically assess the state of substantive, methodological and conceptual development of talent management (TM) within hospitality and business…

Talent pool exclusion: the hotel employee perspective

The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of employees excluded from a talent pool and to identify what career development is provided for them.

It’s not what you do; it’s the way that you do it: An exploratory study of talent managementas an inherently motivational process in the hospitality sector

This paper aims to draw on the key tenets of self-determination theory (SDT) to explore the possibility of deploying talent management (TM) as an inherently motivational process…

Why do employees respond to hospitality talent management: An examination of a Latin American restaurant chain

In consideration that the purpose of talent management is to attract and nurture productive employees for the benefit of the hospitality organization, this study aims to examine…

Talent management for the proactive behavior of tour guides

In an increasingly competitive market, tourism managers are aware of the importance of talent management. Because tour guide behavior has an important influence on tourists’…

Understanding employee longevity in independent fine dining restaurants: A grounded theory approach

This paper aims to investigate talent management (TM) practices of independent fine dining restaurant (FDR) organizations and explores why employee retention rates in FDRs are…

The effects of mentoring on hotel staff turnover: Organizational and occupational embeddedness as mediators

Mentoring was considered as an efficient way to facilitate staff attachment with hotels. Such a strong attachment has been demonstrated to reduce employees’ intention to quit…

Recalibrating talent management for hospitality: a youth development perspective

This paper aims to challenge existing assumptions in talent management (TM) research, showcasing a misalignment between commonly held assumptions and the characteristics of the…

Talent management: a Delphi study of assessing and developing GenZ hospitality leaders

This study aims to examine how hospitality human resource (HR) professionals assess talent when recruiting college students, how MIT programs are structured and how recruiters…

Talent management dimensions and their relationship with retention of Generation-Y employees in the hospitality industry

The purpose of this paper is to determine the causal relationship between talent management dimensions such as Human Capital Index and perceived organizational support (POS) and…

Tracing hospitality and tourism graduates’ career mobility

This paper aims to evaluate the career patterns and global mobility trajectories of hospitality and tourism graduates that are relevant for global knowledge and local talent…