Employment, flexibility and labour market practices of domestic and MNC chain luxury hotels in Australia: Where has accountability gone?

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-210

  Davidson, Michael ^a   Guilding, Chris ^a   Timo, Nils ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee relations practices; Hotel turnover; HR accountability; Multinational hotels; Workforce flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745420260     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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