The first space hotel employees: Human resources challenges in a post-terrestrial paradigm

ABSTRACT

This article discusses some of the issues regarding the first employees to work in a space hotel. As space hotels initially will be vastly different to existing hotels on Earth, it is important to question what human resource challenges this will raise for hospitality workers and providers. To assist reflection on this issue, the notions of space tourism and space tourist are explored, and a definition of a space hotel is included to create product and service boundaries. Plausible futures methodology is used to create five main human resource considerations and concludes by suggesting this sector is largely unexplored.     

The managed heart: The structural analysis of the stressor–strain relationship and customer orientation among emotional labor workers in Korean hotels

This study examined the structural relationships among three different dimensions of workplace stressors (customer-related stressor, CRS; work environment-related stressor, WERS; job-related stressor, JRS), negative affectivity (NA), emotional exhaustion (EE), and the negative effect of that strain on customer orientation (CO) in the context of the emotional labor (EL) of frontline employees in the hotel industry. Data were collected from self-administrated questionnaires distributed among frontline employees in room and F&B divisions in Korean deluxe tourist hotels, where EL is intense. The results of the structural equation analysis indicated a positive association between all three workplace stressors and NA and between NA and EE. There was also a relationship in the opposite direction with EE and CO, as hypothesized. The moderating effect of organizational level on the workplace stressors–NA relationships was also confirmed. In addition, in an alternative model, we found that NA partially mediates the relationship between JRS and EE; whereas, NA fully mediates the relationships between CRS/WERS and EE. Practical implications are discussed in detail and limitations of the study and future research directions are also suggested.     

Using social networking websites as a selection tool: The role of selection process fairness and job pursuit intentions

A growing trend in the hospitality industry is openly encouraging applicants to join their social networking sites as part of their recruitment process (0080 and 0185). However, there is a dearth of studies examining how applicants perceive and react to the use of social networking websites in the recruitment and selection process. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine how applicants react to the use of social networking websites as a selection tool. Using experimental methods, participants attending a career fair for hospitality jobs completed a questionnaire after reading about a hospitality company that does or does not use social networking sites in the selection process. The results showed that perceived fairness and job pursuit intentions of applicants were lower for an organization that used social networking websites as a selection tool than an organization that did not use social networking websites as a selection tool.     

石灰(石)湿法脱硫副产物综合利用途径

分析了石灰石湿法脱硫副产物的主要成分，探讨了其副产物的综合利用途径，并为废物资源化提供了广泛的空间。     

产业升级中的人力资源支撑体系研究——以宁波为例

本文以区域产业结构理论与人力资源理论为研究依据,分析宁波产业升级与人力资源优化的相互关系,结合宁波金田公司产业升级中的人力资源发展启示,构建宁波产业升级中的人力资源支撑体系。     

矿产资源有偿使用及其实现方式研究--不能用资源税完全替代权利金

矿产资源所固有的天然价值是其有偿使用的理论依据,矿产资源作为矿业最基本的生产要素,是矿产品价值的重要组成。矿产资源的有偿使用,反映的是财产权的交换,通过权利金制度实现这种交换,既能公平公正地维护供求双方的利益,又能形成节约集约使用矿产资源的有效机制。权利金突出了矿产资源有偿使用的财产属性,对矿产资源绝对收益的收取突出了实际消耗的矿产资源量,对矿产资源级差收益的收取突出了与超利润的挂钩。不能用资源税完全取代权利金。     

深圳市水资源可持续利用主要矛盾及其实现途径探讨

深圳市本地水资源短缺,境外引水愈来愈受到限制,国民经济和人口却持续强劲增长,水资源供需矛盾将日益突出;境外引水和污废水排放及较小的纳污能力,导致水环境恶化,资源供需矛盾加剧;探讨了水资源可持续利用主要矛盾的成因可持续利用的途径。     

生态安全屏障建设背景下西藏可再生能源发展路径探讨

能源发展是西藏经济、社会发展的重要基础,但由于海拔高、气候复杂、生态脆弱的自然地理状况等原因,西藏潜在的能源资源优势不但没有充分发挥,而且还制约西藏经济、社会的发展,加剧了生态恶化.文章通过分析西藏的能源消费状况及对生态环境的影响,提出了在生态安全屏障前提下的能源开发战略,形成既能有效发挥潜在能源资源优势,保障西藏经济、社会发展所需,同时又能使生态影响最小化的可能途径.     

Why Do Some Multinational Firms Respond Better Than Others to the Hostility of Host Governments? Proximal Embedding and the Side Effects of Local Partnerships

Using a multiple-case study of alleged expropriations reported before the World Bank, we examine how multinational companies (MNC) react to the escalating hostility of host governments. Our study reveals how different choices regarding the interaction with local nonmarket stakeholders – which we refer to as proximal vs. mediated embedding – shape how managers respond to these disputes by affecting their ability to collect, process and interpret information, and to act upon it in a way that effectively mobilizes local and international support. In contrast to the prevailing view that local partners in international joint ventures shelter MNCs from abuse from political authorities, our findings show that primary reliance on local partners to manage the local nonmarket environment can actually reinforce a liability of outsidership and even create a ‘liability of insidership’, to the extent that relying on local partners prevents the MNC from establishing quality connections with a broad range of nonmarket stakeholders, reducing its alertness and responsiveness to hostile acts from host governments.     

北京饮用水源保护的实践与思考

密云、怀柔水库是北京城市、生活用水的重要水源，饮用水源保护是北京市城市总体建设的重要组成部分，本文通过分析饮用水源保护区的自然、地理、经济条件，回顾总结过去实施饮用水源保护的有效措施，提出了面向21世纪，加大饮用水源保护的具体措施和重点。