Post pandemic “revenge travel”: developing organizations to address staff shortage

• Published in: Development and learning in organizations Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 18 - 20
• Main Authors: Jeffrey, Heather Louise, Sposato, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford Emerald Publishing Limited 18-08-2023; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Airports; Aviation; Employees; Employment; Flexibility; Gender pay gap; Labor market; Labor shortages; Pandemics; Tourism; Work life balance; Agility agile organization; Organizational development; Organizational training
• ISSN: 1477-7282; 1477-7282; 1758-6097
• DOI: 10.1108/DLO-09-2022-0179

Purpose
The purpose of this viewpoint is to discuss and provide solutions for the current staffing crisis facing tourism-related industries. Considering that staff shortages are prominent in most industries this article suggests organizational changes that are needed to address these problems
Design/methodology/approach
This viewpoint unpacks the reason behind the shortage in staff and suggests potential solutions, based on organizational development
Findings
The strategies offered here as potential solutions for human resources center on changing the image of the roles that are suffering shortages. This includes developing organizational practices to provide changes in the areas of recruitment, reward, and work-life balance. These strategies are contextualized with the transformation of other jobs due to the global pandemic and the feminized nature of the tourism-related industries.
Originality/value
This viewpoint is particularly topical as it speaks to the current well-publicized crises in the staffing of airports and wider shortages of hospitality staff in developed nations. It is well positioned to spark discussion and future research on areas such as dignity at work in tourism-related industries, gendered work, and post-pandemic employment practices in services.