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Ponti's employees get the chance to “ask the family”: Italy's Emilia Romagna region feeds food group's cultural values

Human Resource Management International Digest

ISSN: 0967-0734

Article publication date: 4 March 2014

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Abstract

Purpose

Demonstrates the importance of family values in employment policies at Italian food group Ponti's.

Design/methodology/approach

Looks at the firm's recruitment, training and reward policies and provides the comments of employees who work there.

Findings

Highlights the importance of recruiting from within to maintaining the organizational culture and observes that a number of employees have been with “the family” for more than 30 years.

Practical implications

Reveals that Ponti's offers its employees not only restaurant-based and highly practical training followed by targeted courses but also the chance to visit the area of Italy from which the founding family originates.

Social implications

Explains the policies – including promotion from within – that are helping one business in the volatile catering sector to keeping its employees longer than the average.

Originality/value

Provides examples of individual employees who have worked their way up the company hierarchy.

Keywords

Citation

(2014), "Ponti's employees get the chance to “ask the family”: Italy's Emilia Romagna region feeds food group's cultural values", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 22-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-03-2014-0027

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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