Evaluating research performance in tourism and hospitality: The perspective of university program heads

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1203-1211

  Law, Rob ^a   Chon, Kaye ^a  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Perception of research; Research performance; University program heads

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; TOURISM;

EID: 34250217448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2006.09.022     Document Type: Article

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