TY - JFULL AU - Dora Martins and Susana Silva and Cândida Silva PY - 2017/8/ TI - Human Resources Management Practices in Hospitality Companies T2 - International Journal of Social and Business Sciences SP - 1966 EP - 1973 VL - 11 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10008093 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 127, 2017 N2 - Human Resources Management (HRM) has been recognized by academics and practitioners as an important element in organizations. Therefore, this paper explores the best practices of HRM and seeks to understand the level of participation in the development of these practices by human resources managers in the hospitality industry and compare it with other industries. Thus, the study compared the HRM practices of companies in the hospitality sector with HRM practices of companies in other sectors, and identifies the main differences between their HRM practices. The results show that the most frequent HRM practices in all companies, independently of its sector of activity, are hiring and training. When comparing hospitality sector with other sectors of activity, some differences were noticed, namely in the adoption of the practices of communication and information sharing, and of recruitment and selection. According to these results, the paper discusses the major theoretical and practical implications. Suggestions for future research are also presented. ER -