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A Community Economic Development Survey of Part-Time Labor: Implications for the Hospitality Industry

Department of Political Science West Georgia College

Pam Cummings

Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration Georgia State University

While the hospitality industry is interested in eliciting more part-time labor from various nontraditional sources, it is not a certainty that these potential workers will be receptive to working in foodservice. This study reports research from a project designed to determine part-time employment potential for a community and, more specifically, the inclination to work part-time in the foodservice industry. Additionally, the distribution of these individuals in the population was determined. By combining local census information with survey data of the type used in this study, an estimate of the actual number of people available for part-time work was ascertained. While this data set was drawn from one locale (population 185,000), classifying job types and measuring the inclination to work part-time in the hospitality industry can be applied to any community.

Key Words: Key Words: part-time labor • job preferences • distribution in community.

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