http://hdl.handle.net/1893/20151
Appears in Collections: | Management, Work and Organisation Journal Articles |
Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
Title: | "The People Make the Brand": Reducing Social Skills Gaps Through Person-Brand fit and Human Resource Management Practices |
Author(s): | Hurrell, Scott Scholarios, Dora |
Contact Email: | s.a.hurrell@stir.ac.uk |
Keywords: | Skills gaps person-brand fit HRM recruitment selection socialization |
Issue Date: | Feb-2014 |
Date Deposited: | 13-May-2014 |
Citation: | Hurrell S & Scholarios D (2014) "The People Make the Brand": Reducing Social Skills Gaps Through Person-Brand fit and Human Resource Management Practices. Journal of Service Research, 17 (1), pp. 54-67. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094670513484508 |
Abstract: | Fit between an organization's brand and its employees, sometimes referred to as employee brand identification, has been highlighted as an important element in delivering service quality. This article examines the people management practices directed both at potential and current employees which enhance this “person-brand fit” and proposes that effective management of this can help reduce the persistent problem of social skills gaps in service organizations. A study of managers and customer-facing employees in two hotel case studies—one reporting significant social skills gaps and the other reporting few gaps—showed that the hotel reporting fewer gaps had achieved greater employee identification with the brand. This hotel conducted recruitment and selection around person-brand fit, while the other hotel did not. The hotel reporting fewer social skills gaps also allowed greater employee agency in brand socialization, training, and in the enactment of the brand on the job. The article discusses the relevance of these findings for theory on how human resource management practices may be linked to service brands in order to reduce social skills gaps. |
DOI Link: | 10.1177/1094670513484508 |
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