Managing human capital in a privately owned public hotel chain

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 586-601

  Abeysekera, Indra ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hotels; Human capital; Intellectual capital; Management; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749147661     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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