Exploring the relationships between hotel management courses and industry required competencies

Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 81-101

  Lin, Shun Chuan ^a,b  

^a TUNG FANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career success; Competency; Curriculum; Hospitality; Hotel management; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750804488     PISSN: 15313220     EISSN: 15313239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J172v02n03_05     Document Type: Article

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