Managing employee empowerment in luxury hotels in Europe

International Journal of Service Industry Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-88

  Klidas, Antonis ^a   Van Den Berg, Peter T ^a   Wilderom, Celeste P M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Empowerment; Hotels; Management styles; Performance related pay; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947104050     PISSN: 09564233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09564230710732902     Document Type: Article

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