Research issues for employee empowerment in hospitality organisations

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 333-346

  Lashley, Conrad ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee performance; Empowerment; Improving hospitality service; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030497314     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4319(96)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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