Workplace Flexibility and Engagement towards Employee’s Well-Being and Sustainable Behavior

Dear Colleagues,

Considering the fierce competitive market in the hospitality industry at present, we find it is necessary to search for ways to improve employees' well-being, work engagement, and commitment to the job through flexibility of the working environment. We sincerely ask you to participate in this Special Issue from a perspective of the principle of sustainable development. Workplace flexibility is a core variable for management and it is particularly important in the hospitality industry to secure excellent competitiveness in the contemporary management environment. From an aspect of sustainable development of industry, the level of well-being that employees experience in an organization has a critical impact on each individual's personal life quality. Therefore, the hospitality industry should make effort to boost employees' psychological welfare and well-being by promoting a cooperative and flexible working environment and supportive culture. Furthermore, organizations can host and keep superior talents by enhancing the working environment, which contributes to the sustainable development and stronger competitiveness of the organization. In this Special Issue, we will talk about diverse methods of human resource management that can improve employees' well-being, engagement, and commitment through the flexibility (numerical flexibility and functional flexibility) of working environment in hospitality industry.

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