Motivational Factors and the hospitality industry

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hospitality

welcome, friendly, kindness, warmth, #unfriendliness. (hospit= host i.e hospice, hospital)

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critical

crucial, significant, vital, important (crit= judge i.e criterion, apocrine)

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superior

excellent, high-class, top-quality, first-class (super= above i.e superb, supernova)

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performance

presentation, show, enactment

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accomplish

achieve, done, finish.

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acquire

obtain, gain, attain, achieve, get hold of (quir= seek i.e conquer, inquiry)

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retain

keep, hold, maintain

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judicious

wise, sensible #stupid #foolish

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aim

goal, purpose, target, intention

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sector

segment, part, area, zone, field

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emphasize

highlight, underline, stress, #understate

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work-life balance

the ability to give a sensible amount of time and effort to your work and to your life outside work

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address

solve, tackle, deal with, handle, cope with

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possess

own, have, retain, #lack (sess=sit i.e obsession, reside)

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capability

ability, competence, potential, #inability (cap= hold i.e caption, capacious)

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competitive advantage

an advantage that makes a company more able to succeed in competing with others (pet= strive toward i.e appetite, petition)

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recognition

identification, know, awareness (gnit= know i.e cognition, ignorant)

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hospitality industry

businesses such as hotels, bars, and restaurants that offer people food, drink, or a place to sleep

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dominated by

the most prevalent, the most common (domin= master i.e domain, predominate)

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underdeveloped

immature, weak, infantile

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practices

does, performs, exercises

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substance

core, essence, central part

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foster

nurture, raise

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constructive

beneficial, positive, fruitful, #destructive (struct= build i.e structure, instruct)

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represent

stand for, speak for, symbolize, #misrepresent

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managerial

decision-making, administrative, organizational

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enable

allow, permit, aid, assist. make possible, #prevent

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draw out

to mention, explain, elaborate

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potential

capacity, ability, aptitude (pot= power i.e despot, potentate)

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broadly

largely, roughly, mostly

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aspect

feature, trait, quality (spect= look i.e prospect, speculate)

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employee turnover

the rate at which employees leave a company and are replaced by new employees

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recurring

regular, frequent, repeated

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cite

mentioned, refer to, quoted (cit= call i.e solicit, excite)

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compensation

reward, benefit, payment

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inadequate

deficient, unsatisfactory, too little, not enough, #sufficient (equ= equal i.e equity, equivalence)

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compromised

worsen, make worse, poor, low

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morale

spirit, enthusiasm

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demonstrate

show, exhibit, reveal, explain

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recognition

gratitude, appreciation, acknowledgement, respect, #blame (gnit= know i.e cognition, ignorant)

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motivate

inspire, provoke, encourage (mot= move i.e mobile, promote)

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obstacle

difficulty, problem, barrier

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obligated

grateful, appreciative, thankful

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succinctly

briefly, in short, concisely

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summarize

review, sum up, recap (sum= sum i.e consummate, summation)

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enhance

improve, increase, develop

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retention

keeping, holding, retaining, preservation (tent= hold i.e content, abstain, contain)

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inherently

integrally, fundamentally, essentially, naturally, intrinsically, #superficially (here= stick i.e inhere, adhesive)

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reaction

response, reply, feedback (act= do i.e action, actor, agent)

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characteristic

trait, quality, personality

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predisposition

tendency, predilection, disposition, bias (posit= put i.e position, apposite)

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hypothesis

theory, suggestion, assumption (the= put i.e synthesis, anathematic)

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opportunity

chance, prospect, occasion

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in relation to

related to, concerning, with regard to

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perception

insight, awareness, view, opinion, recognition (per=thoroughly i.e perfection, persistence)

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separate

split, divide, disconnect

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troubling

worrying, concerning, disturbing, #soothing

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sophisticated

complex, complicated, advanced (soph= wise i.e philosophy, sophism)

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in a real sense

sth is partly true, or true in one way, in one aspect (sens= feel i.e sensory, consent)

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dichotomy

contrast, opposition, contradiction (tom= cut i.e anatomy, polytomy)

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enable

allow, make possible, permit

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retain

keep, hold, maintain

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competent

experienced, knowledgeable, skilled

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imply

indicate, mean, suggest

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employee retention

the ability of a company to keep its employees and stop them from going to work somewhere else

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extrinsic

external, outside, outer

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context

situation, environment, circumstance (text= weave i.e textile, pretext)

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job security

a job with a high level of security is such that a person with the job would have a small chance of losing it.

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intrinsic

inside, inherent, innate, inner, #extrinsic

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conduct

do, perform, accomplish, carry out

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a chain of

a set of connected or related things

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themed restaurant

A themed restaurant is a type of restaurant that uses theming to attract diners by creating a memorable experience.

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turnover

the rate at which people leave an organization and are replaced by others

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framing

bordering, enclosing, surrounding, set up, # insetting

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aligned

associated, support, side with, line up with

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delicate

fragile, weak, slight, elegant

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simultaneously

at the same time, concurrently, instantaneously, at once (simul= imitating i.e similar, assimilate)

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adopt

accept, implement, embrace (opt=choose i.e option, optative)

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assist

support, help, aid (sist= cause to stand i.e consist, exist, insist)

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appropriate

suitable, fitting, apt, proper (propri= property i.e proper, propriety)

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adequate

enough, sufficient, #inadequate, #insufficient (equ= equal i.e equity, equivalence)

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well-being

happiness, comfort, welfare, safety