How to motivate your older employees to excel? The impact of commitment on older employees' performance in the hospitality industry

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 793-806

  Iun, Joyce ^a   Huang, Xu ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

In role; Older employees; Organization commitment; Organizational citizenship behaviors; Work performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548190312     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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