Human resources in tourism: Still waiting for change

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1383-1399

  Baum, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Hospitality; Human resource management; Tourism; Work

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; TOURISM; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34250803275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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