No plantation work here: Contemporary HR practices in Caribbean hotels

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-89

  Crick, Anne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Hotels; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849101099     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110810848596     Document Type: Article

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