The impact of national culture on the transfer of "best practice operations management" in hotels in St. Lucia

Tourism Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-59

  Hope, Christine A ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Hotels; Human resource management; St. Lucia

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HUMAN RESOURCE; LEISURE INDUSTRY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT LUCIA; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 0942278096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(03)00059-1     Document Type: Article

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