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http://dx.doi.org/10.20878/cshr.2017.23.8.011

A Study on the Relationship between HRM Practices which is based on the Korean Culture and Employee Outcomes in the Korean Hotel Industry  

Lee, Yeonu (Dept. of Hotel & Convention Management, Dong-Eui University)
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Culinary science and hospitality research / v.23, no.8, 2017 , pp. 106-127 More about this Journal
Abstract
Most countries have their own culture that presents different types of behaviour. The employees' specific ways of working, according to each country, influence its organisation, thus cultural differences have become an essential issue in operating management. Therefore, this study explored how the different cultures based on Hofstede's paradigm interact within the specific Korean context. This study examined how cultural related HRM practices were enacted in the Korean hotel industry, how the frameworks of Hofstede's model impact the employee outcomes, including the concept of organisational justice. This study followed a quantitative approach which relied on a positivist paradigm to evaluate the different HRM practices at hotel workplaces with the view of employees. This study gathered a survey on 601 hotel employees in the deluxe sector. The analysis of quantitative data was undertaken using SPSS version 23.0 software and AMOS 23.0 to achieve the research aim for the study. This study contributes new findings to the research literature. The results of this study showed how Confucianism also plays a predominant role in understanding Korean culture, more than the Hofstede's original four dimensions of culture.
Keywords
HRM practices; Organisational justice; Employee outcomes; Confucianism; Hofstede's paradigm;
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