The indexed minimum wage and hotel compensation strategies

Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-124

  Croes, Robertico ^a   Tesone, Dana V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Compensation; Hotel; Indexed minimum wage; Organizational development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947391763     PISSN: 15332845     EISSN: 15332853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J171v06n01_06     Document Type: Article

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