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China – Macau; Economic development; Gambling industry – Employees — Supply and demand; Labor supply

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Labor Shortage And The Development Of Gaming Industry In Macau, Liz Chiu Nga Ming Oct 2011

Labor Shortage And The Development Of Gaming Industry In Macau, Liz Chiu Nga Ming

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Purpose:

The purpose of this paper is to explore how the labor shortage in Macau directly affects the growth and development of the gaming industry. As Macau is currently facing similar situations like PRC China, the blooming economy became the main cause for companies to use lucrative salaries to attract quality employees from different sources, including school dropouts as well as current employees from other organizations. In the long run, this could cause a negative impact to the industry as the companies might be forced to promote immature and inexperienced employees to senior positions in order to fill the …