Career advancement of hotel managers since graduation: A comparative study

Personnel Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-280

  Garavan, Thomas N ^a   O'Brien, Fergal ^a,c   O'Hanlon, Deborah ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b International College of Hotel Management   (Ireland)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Shannon College of Hotel Management   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Career development; Hotel and catering industry; Managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645808942     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480610656685     Document Type: Article

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