The impact of minimum wages on human resource management practices in the hospitality industry: a case study of selected firms in Polokwane, Limpopo Province

Nkoana, Lekgoa Julia

Title: The impact of minimum wages on human resource management practices in the hospitality industry: a case study of selected firms in Polokwane, Limpopo Province
Creator: Nkoana, Lekgoa Julia
Subject: Minimum wage -- South Africa
Subject: Minimum wage -- Sociological aspects -- South Africa -- Polokane
Subject: Minimum wage -- South Africa -- Polokane -- Case studies
Subject: Hospitality industry -- South Africa -- Polokwane
Subject: Hospitality industry -- Sociological aspects -- South Africa -- Polokwane
Subject: Hospitality industry -- South Africa -- Polokwane -- Case studies
Date Issued: 2020
Date: 2020
Type: text
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MSocSci
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167188
Identifier: vital:41445
Description: This thesis sought to identify and isolate the impact of the minimum wage in the hospitality industry of Polokwane. To achieve this, qualitative research methods were used. These methods enabled an in-depth understanding of minimum wages. Thus in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted as they provided detailed information by enabling the researcher and the participant to have an informal, but expressive conversation about the minimum wage. Contrary to the assumptions of orthodox economics, which claim minimum wages create a ‘shock’ resulting in job losses, this research found that the minimum wage was absorbed causing few disruptions in existing work and employment relations in the selected establishments. This capacity to absorb the minimum wage is largely the outcome of informal labour relations policies and practices.
Format: 86 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Humanities, Sociology
Language: English
Rights: Nkoana, Lekgoa Julia

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