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Hospitality managers' importance perceptions of human resource practices related to employment of foreign workers in the United States |
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| Authors: | Swathi Ravichandran Aviad A. Israeli Farhad Sethna Edward C. Bolden III Ankita Ghosh |
| Affiliation: | 1. Hospitality Management, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USAsravicha@kent.edu;3. Hospitality Management, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA;4. Law Offices of Farhad Sethna, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA;5. Research and Evaluation Bureau, Case Western Reserve University, Kent, Ohio, USA;6. Hospitality and Tourism Management, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACTCross-border labor mobility of hospitality employees has resulted in an increase in illegal immigrants in the workforce. The purpose of this study was to generate a list of top legal issues associated with the employment of foreign workers in the U.S. hospitality industry and to identify factors defined by the importance ratings of these issues. Snowball sampling was used to collect data from hospitality managers. Findings reveal that respondents perceive document verification to be important but may not perceive knowledge of various visa types and employment termination reporting procedures associated with employing foreign workers to be important. Managerial implications are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Foreign workers hospitality illegal immigrants immigration labor laws social networking sites snowball sampling |