Facets of Type A personality and pay increase among the employees of fast food restaurants

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 754-758

  Aziz, Abdul ^a   Goldman, Heather M ^b   Olsen, Nils ^c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pay increase; Personality; Restaurant employees; Type A behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249002085     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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