A preliminary study of service predispositions amongst hospitality workers in Australia

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 410-420

  Lee Ross, Darren ^a   Pryce, Josephine ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Employee attitudes; Hospitality services; Hotels; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344369531     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710510598436     Document Type: Article

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