Purpose – As part of an ongoing employer brand initiative, Evviva Brands developed My Marriott Hotel, a culinary social media game, for Marriott International that launched on Facebook in June 2011. This article seeks to focus on this initiative. Design/methodology/approach – Global research...

Dinesh Burrenchobay is group HR manager for One&Only’s Indian Ocean division, and is based in Mauritius, where he has responsibility for 3,000 employees over five properties. He has been with the company since 1995.

Purpose According to the research conducted by the authors, the number one fear of employees around the world is that of becoming obsolete. The purpose of this article is to review five practices that employees can use to stay up to date and what organizations can do to support those practices....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is for employers to learn how to make performance reviews of the employees more efficient and effective. Findings For performance reviews to be effective, they must be conducted in a manner that activates reward responses in the brain and supports repetition –...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the importance of systemizing managerial support to reduce the strain on human resource (HR) and maximize corporate contributions. Design/methodology/approach The author draws upon 20 years of experience in the fields of law and HR as well as...

Purpose This case study aims to explore how human resource (HR) automation was used to attract stronger construction candidates and simplify remote onboarding, with ASRC Construction Group in northern Alaska specifically highlighted. Design/methodology/approach This is a real-world case study...

Purpose – The functioning of an organization largely depends upon several remarkable components, with the talented employee occupying the central role for the accomplishment of organizational goals. In this context, organizations are making more investment into talent development initiatives,...

Purpose Financial education is about empowering employees to make their own financial decisions. It is about making people aware of the choices available and the course of action they may want to take – so they can be in the best financial shape for the future. Design/methodology/approach When...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide human resource (HR) leaders with a practical, straightforward approach to the challenge of building support (and reducing resistance). Building support for new programs is difficult in many organizations, and the cost of failed change is large. HR...