Determinants of skills shortages and hard-to-fill vacancies in the hospitality sector

Tourism Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 791-802

  Marchante, Andrés J ^a   Ortega, Bienvenido ^a   Pagán, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hard to fill vacancies; Hospitality; Skills shortages

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL SECTOR; SKILLED LABOR; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33745859368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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