Simulation of Behavior of Hotel and Restaurant Business Staff in the Conditions of COVID-19 Viral Pandemic

  • Liudmіla BOVSH Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, Ukraine
  • Larysa HOPKALO National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
  • Inna LEVYTSKA National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
  • Igor KOMARNITSKYI Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, Ukraine
  • Alla RASULOVA Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, Ukraine

Abstract

The research views staff behavior as a complex mechanism of motivators through the lens of rationality, which obeys the principles of the transitivity axiom and the law of declining marginal utility in times of crisis, including the quarantine COVID-19 pandemic, budget constraints. The factors which affect the behavior of hotel and restaurant staff form a field for understanding behavioral responses. The interests and motives that regulate the behavior of the staff, in this case, reflect the map of utility, which allows modeling the usefulness of employment in an enterprise. It is substantiated that the behavior of the staff should be correlated with the influence of leadership and agile management methods (Scrum, Kanban). The Agile determinants in the pandemic client-oriented management of the hotel and restaurant business provide an algorithmic explanation for the application of the approaches in practice. Flexible management methods allow you to create organizational values for staff, which allows you to build value dependencies within cross-functional team management. The result is the consideration of motivational types of staff and methods for choosing the right Agile approach. It also suggested ways to reformat the hotel and restaurant business in the pandemic and change the professional roles of workers to survive and create conditions for rapid rehabilitation and recovery in the post-quarantine period.

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Published
2021-02-21
How to Cite
BOVSH, Liudmіla et al. Simulation of Behavior of Hotel and Restaurant Business Staff in the Conditions of COVID-19 Viral Pandemic. Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism, [S.l.], v. 12, n. 1, p. 186 - 195, feb. 2021. ISSN 2068-7729. Available at: <https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jemt/article/view/5894>. Date accessed: 28 mar. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.14505/jemt.12.1(49).16.