Epidemics, labour markets and unemployment: the impact of SARS on human resource management in the Hong Kong service sector

被引：25
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作者：
Lee, GOM
Warner, M
机构：
[1] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Publ & Social Adm, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Cambridge Wolfson Coll, Cambridge CB2 1TN, England
[3] Univ Cambridge, Judge Inst Management, Cambridge CB2 1TN, England
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | 2005年 / 16卷 / 05期
关键词：
Asian economy; epidemics; employment; Hong Kong; hotel sector; human resource management (HRM); labour market; People's Republic of China (PRC); Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); service sector; uncertainty; unemployment;
D O I：
10.1080/09585190500083202
中图分类号：
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号：
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要：
This article examines the links between epidemics and their economic consequences, specifically in terms of their impacts on labour markets and jobs. To exemplify the above, we examine the effects of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) on the Hong Kong economy, its labour market and its level of employment and unemployment. The article hypothesizes that the greatest impact would be on human resource management (HRM) in the service industries and on particular sub-sectors, such as the hotel sector. It concludes that the dramatic demand and supply 'shocks' significantly affected both the demand for and the supply of labour in the sector, with discernible HRM consequences.
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页码：752 / 771
页数：20
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