Identifying job motivation factors of restaurant servers: Insight for the development of effective recruitment and retention strategies

International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Dermody, Margot B ^a   Young, Marilyn ^a   Taylor, Susan Lee ^a  

^a BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job motivation; Recruitment; Restaurants; Retention; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845638371     PISSN: 15256480     EISSN: 15286499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J149v05n03_01     Document Type: Article

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