Employee relation programs and hotel performance: Impact on turnover, labor productivity, and RevPAR

Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-68

  Cho, Seonghee ^a   Erdem, Mehmet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee relations programs; Lodging industry; Organizational performance; RevPAR; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747175764     PISSN: 15332845     EISSN: 15332853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J171v05n02_04     Document Type: Article

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