Approaches to HRM in the Barbados hotel industry

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-109

  Alleyne, Philmore ^a   Doherty, Liz ^b   Greenidge, Dion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barbados; Hotels; Human resource management; Human resource strategies; Personnel administration; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645686350     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110610646655     Document Type: Article

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