Employee development is the process of providing employees with opportunities to grow within an organization. While there is much research conducted on the value of training, there is little scholarship conducted on developing employees to prepare them for positions of greater responsibility. Given the high turnover prevalent in the hospitality industry, and the cost of this turnover, it is imperative that we understand this construct, as well as how employee development might impact key human resources measures such as employee job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intent to stay. This report presents a review of the existing literature and examples of employee development programs that appear to be working, while also offering suggestions for areas of future research.

Little research has been done focusing on multiple festivals and those wineries hosting on-site festivals specifically located in the Southeastern US. The goal of this study was to employ multiple winery festivals to more fully understand winery tourists' motivations by examining push factors and pull factors of the attendees for on-site winery festivals located in the Southeastern US. The study utilized a gap measure between guest expectations and what the venue delivered by way of the attributes of the destination. Cluster analysis was performed to assess various market segments. The reliability scores produced from analysis of the motivation survey questions rated 0.860, indicating a relationship exists between the reliability of the instrument and the data obtained.