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Hospitality Administration and Management

Florida International University

2007

Robin DiPietro

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Management Retention Factors In The School Foodservice Industry, Robin B. Dipietro Jan 2007

Management Retention Factors In The School Foodservice Industry, Robin B. Dipietro

Hospitality Review

Management retention in the school foodservice industry has been a growing concern for school district decision makers due to the large numbers of managers reaching retirement age and the shortage of qualified people to fill the positions. As with other foodservice positions, turnover rates and the shortage of service employees will continue to be challenges well into the 21st centery. The current study employed by a self-administered questionnaire and asked 101 school foodservice managers in Central Florida to rate their perceived importance of and their perceived experience with 20 employment characteristics of their job. There were significant differences in 17 …