Hospitality students’ perceptions of facilitators and constraints affecting women’s career advancement in the hospitality industry

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-373

  Zhong, Yan Grace ^a   Couch, Sue ^b  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitality industry; Hospitality students perceptions; Women s career advancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249144318     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X07299993     Document Type: Article

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