Study of managerial job satisfaction in Hong Kong's Chinese restaurants

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-42

  Lam, Terry ^a   Baum, Tom ^b   Pine, Ray ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Job satisfaction; Managers; Motivation; Restaurants; Staff turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010530381     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110110365634     Document Type: Article

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