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Workplace Favoritism and Workforce Sustainability: An Analysis of Employees’ Well-Being

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  • Taiwo Temitope Lasisi

    (Department of Recreology and Tourism, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, 50003 Králové, Czech Republic)

  • Enea Constanţa

    (Faculty of Economics Sciences, Constantin Brancuşi University of Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, 210135 Târgu Jiu, Romania)

  • Kayode Kolawole Eluwole

    (Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul Gelisim University, 34310 Istanbul, Turkey)

Abstract

The goal of sustainability in business is the maximization of resources for long-term productivity at a minimized negative impact for all key stakeholders. Several functions of human resources management are designed to achieve this goal. However, HRM practices can sometimes spiral down and result in the perception of favoritism–a practice that recruits or rewards relationship over merit. Hence, this project was designed to measure the impact of favoritism on the development of a sustainable hospitality workforce through the measures of subjective well-being, psychological capital, and knowledge hiding behavior. With the aid of randomly selected employees and estimation of structural models, the study validates the deleterious impact of favoritism and organizational politics on employee outcomes and by extension the sustainability of the workforce. Practical and theoretical recommendations are provided.

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  • Taiwo Temitope Lasisi & Enea Constanţa & Kayode Kolawole Eluwole, 2022. "Workplace Favoritism and Workforce Sustainability: An Analysis of Employees’ Well-Being," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-17, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:22:p:14991-:d:971267
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