A survey of employee relations practices and demographics of MNC chain and domestic luxury hotels in Australia

Employee Relations

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-192

  Timo, Nils ^a   Davidson, Michael ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Hotels; Human resource management; Multinational companies; Pay; Working practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844366418     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450510572694     Document Type: Article

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