An exploratory analysis of turnover culture in the hotel industry in Australia

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-392

  Deery, Margaret A ^a   Shaw, Robin N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Employee turnover; Hotel industry; Organisational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031521255     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0278-4319(97)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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