It's more than wages: Analysis of the impact of internal labour markets on the quality of jobs

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 461-472

  McPhail, Ruth ^a   Fisher, Ron ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hotels; Human resource management; Internal labour markets; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Quality of jobs; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949160561     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801895536     Document Type: Article

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