Work-family conflict and facilitation in the hotel industry: A study in Nigeria

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-412

  Karatepe, Osman M ^a   Magaji, Alheri Bawa ^b  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Center for Women's Studies

Author keywords

Frontline hotel employees; Hotel human resources; Nigeria; Work family conflict; Work family facilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949093197     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965508326282     Document Type: Article

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