Tourism industry employee workstress - A present and future crisis

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 133-147

  Ross, Glenn F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Management; Morale; Organizational wellbeing; Stress; Tourism employees; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745737986     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v19n02_11     Document Type: Article

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