extremely supportive of HR, very host-orientated, which again makes life much easier
(HRM39, Resort A).
Although HR managers see GMs as playing an enabling role with regard to HRM, the
owner’s HRM role is seen as both enabling and constraining. An HR director explained
the role of owners in motivating employees as follows:
I have the CEO and owners who have a home here who are very passionate about looking
after our hosts. They come here at least once a year. They see hosts as their “children” and
they speak about it. They don’t have children of their own. So the hosts are their children.
I know when I was here in my first week talking to hosts, you know an overwhelming kind of
level of pride, and you know the fact that owners know their names and call them on their
birthdays, if they hear that their child is sick they call them. So I think that kind of drives
employees’ potential quite a lot (HRM39, Resort A).
Also, a line manager of a local resort noted:
It’s hard to follow the recruitment policy. Our chairman is a politician, an MP, and the nearby
two islands fall under his constituency. So most of the times we have to recruit people from
the two islands who failed to get through our interview process (LNM06, Resort C).
Faced with the high skills shortage in the local labour market, some local resort owners
increasingly step into the design and implementation of HR practices in order to attract
and retain skilled employees. As an HR manager noted:
In the interview process of recruiting employees for skilled jobs such as chefs and
managerial-level positions, owner/directors personally interview candidates and offer
salary and benefit packages based on the impression owners get during the interview
(HRM12, Resort D).
The above quotes show that the owners are the final arbiter in some of the
HR decisions in resorts, regardless of the roles and responsibilities assigned to
HR and line managers. However, findings on social capital dimensions show
that frequent interaction between managers and owners help managers to take
owners on board in their effort to implement HRM decisions. The next section
presents how HR actors enhance their social capital and how high levels of social
capital help them overcome constraints to the design and implementation of HRM
policies and practices.
Structural social capital: impersonal interactions among HR actors
Managers in all the resorts in the sample say they adopt an “open-door policy”.
Although this policy did not always seem to work well with employees, managers
expressed their satisfaction with the policy. As a HR director noted:
You have just seen a very common thing. The head chef came to discuss an HR issue with me.
It has been sorted out and it will go smoothly. Any manager can come and knock on my door
anytime. They are always welcome (HRM45, Resort B).
This interaction is often facilitated by the close proximity of the actors. Resort
managers hold head of department (HoD) meetings every morning to deal with
operational matters. In addition to this meeting, some resorts such as C also hold HoD
meetings every evening in order to reflect on the daily operations and to plan for the
next day. Line managers raise HR issues such as employee leave and promotions and
these issues are widely discussed in such meetings. Some resort managers also use
these meetings to formulate and approve policies.
extremely supportive of HR, very host-orientated, which again makes life much easier(HRM39, Resort A).Although HR managers see GMs as playing an enabling role with regard to HRM, theowner’s HRM role is seen as both enabling and constraining. An HR director explainedthe role of owners in motivating employees as follows:I have the CEO and owners who have a home here who are very passionate about lookingafter our hosts. They come here at least once a year. They see hosts as their “children” andthey speak about it. They don’t have children of their own. So the hosts are their children.I know when I was here in my first week talking to hosts, you know an overwhelming kind oflevel of pride, and you know the fact that owners know their names and call them on theirbirthdays, if they hear that their child is sick they call them. So I think that kind of drivesemployees’ potential quite a lot (HRM39, Resort A).Also, a line manager of a local resort noted:It’s hard to follow the recruitment policy. Our chairman is a politician, an MP, and the nearbytwo islands fall under his constituency. So most of the times we have to recruit people fromthe two islands who failed to get through our interview process (LNM06, Resort C).Faced with the high skills shortage in the local labour market, some local resort ownersincreasingly step into the design and implementation of HR practices in order to attractand retain skilled employees. As an HR manager noted:In the interview process of recruiting employees for skilled jobs such as chefs andmanagerial-level positions, owner/directors personally interview candidates and offersalary and benefit packages based on the impression owners get during the interview(HRM12, Resort D).The above quotes show that the owners are the final arbiter in some of theHR decisions in resorts, regardless of the roles and responsibilities assigned toHR and line managers. However, findings on social capital dimensions showthat frequent interaction between managers and owners help managers to takeowners on board in their effort to implement HRM decisions. The next sectionpresents how HR actors enhance their social capital and how high levels of socialcapital help them overcome constraints to the design and implementation of HRMpolicies and practices.Structural social capital: impersonal interactions among HR actorsManagers in all the resorts in the sample say they adopt an “open-door policy”.Although this policy did not always seem to work well with employees, managersexpressed their satisfaction with the policy. As a HR director noted:You have just seen a very common thing. The head chef came to discuss an HR issue with me.It has been sorted out and it will go smoothly. Any manager can come and knock on my dooranytime. They are always welcome (HRM45, Resort B).This interaction is often facilitated by the close proximity of the actors. Resortmanagers hold head of department (HoD) meetings every morning to deal withoperational matters. In addition to this meeting, some resorts such as C also hold HoDmeetings every evening in order to reflect on the daily operations and to plan for thenext day. Line managers raise HR issues such as employee leave and promotions andthese issues are widely discussed in such meetings. Some resort managers also usethese meetings to formulate and approve policies.
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