An artificial neural network approach to hotel employee satisfaction: The case of China

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 467-482

  Tian, Xizhou ^a,b   Pu, Yongjian ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ChongQing Technological and Business University   (China)

Author keywords

ANN; Case study; China; Employee satisfaction; Hotel

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049124497     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2008.36.4.467     Document Type: Article

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