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Gimme' A Break: Offering Sabbaticals As An Optional Leave Benefit In The Lodging Industry, Kimberly J. Harris, Gretchen L. Rivera, Cydna Bougae
Gimme' A Break: Offering Sabbaticals As An Optional Leave Benefit In The Lodging Industry, Kimberly J. Harris, Gretchen L. Rivera, Cydna Bougae
Hospitality Review
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to investigate the extended leave programs offered by lodging companies in the United States and to suggest a model that could be used in the lodging industry. This model mirrors successful sabbatical leave programs offered by leading companies featured in the annual report, 100 Best Companies to Work For (from this point forward, referred to as 100 Best), published on-line by Fortune Magazine, 2013 (CNN, 2013). While extended leave programs are not entirely lacking in the industry, our research discovered that such leave systems are rare. According to the companies investigated that …