Industry-specific and general environmental factors impacting on hotel employment

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-28

  Wong, Kevin K F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hotel employees; Hotel rooms; Industry specific drivers; Task and general environment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 3242685382     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1094166042000199611     Document Type: Article

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