Perceptions of productivity among Swiss hotel managers: A few steps forward?

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 439-445

  Ingram, Arthur ^a   Fraenkel, Stefan ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hotels; Perception; Productive capacity; Service levels; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746353979     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110610673565     Document Type: Article

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