The Strate Research Foundation
A theory for the conditions that shape working lives.
HOMSM is a developing systems model of hospitality occupational mental health—built from evidence, refined through critique, and held open to revision.
Enter the model↗The proposition
Hospitality employee mental health is a process of continuous occupational adaptation within a complex adaptive system.
The model does not replace existing theories. It gives their findings a shared architecture.
01 / A map of the work
Everything has
a place.
HMHP is the project. HOMSM is the theory. The Foundation is the place where the evidence, concepts, methods, and future tests stay connected.
The system in one view
From demands
to adaptation.
HOMSM shifts the question from isolated outcomes to the adaptive relationships that generate them over time.
Read the architecture↗
02 / The project path
Six phases.
One inquiry.
Foundation & literature review
A comprehensive synthesis of the hospitality mental-health literature, organized into seventeen evidence dossiers.
Theory development
The development of HOMSM through ontology, construct taxonomy, system dynamics, intervention, and propositions.
Research infrastructure
The crosswalks, glossary, standards, journals, and documentation that keep the work transparent and reproducible.
Measurement development
The future development and validation of the Hospitality Mental Health Index.
Empirical research
Qualitative, quantitative, and intervention research that will test and refine the model.
Knowledge translation
Scholarly publications, organizational guidance, conference presentations, and education.
The work is open
Built carefully.
Held lightly.
HOMSM is Version 1.0 in development. Its strength will come from what it can explain, what it can survive, and how honestly it can be tested.
Explore the project↗