Empowerment in five-star hotels: Choice, voice or rhetoric?

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 88-95

  Hales, Colin ^a   Klidas, Antonis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Empowerment; Hotels; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346519372     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596119810210260     Document Type: Article

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