Rhetoric, reason and rationality: The national minimum wage debate and the UK hospitality industry

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 329-344

  Wood, Roy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospitality industry; National minimum wage; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498131     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0278-4319(97)00029-7     Document Type: Review

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