A study of Taiwan's travel agent salary system: An agency theory perspective

Tourism Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 483-490

  Huang, Ing Chung ^a   Huang, Pei Wen ^a,b   Chen, Yi Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Performance based salary; Salary system; Travel industry

Indexed keywords

TOURISM;

EID: 2542448366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(03)00118-3     Document Type: Article

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