Just-in-time labour supply in the hotel sector: The role of agencies

Employee Relations

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 86-102

  Lai, Pei Chun ^a   Baum, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible labour; Hospitality services; Human resource management; Just in time; Recruitment agencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844436472     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450510569328     Document Type: Article

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