Human resource management challenges in the hotel industry in Taiwan

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-410

  Yang, Hui O ^a   Cherry, Nita ^b  

^a WENZAO URSULINE UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES   (Taiwan)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hotel industry; Human resource management; Recruitment and selection; Service quality; Taiwan; Training and development

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE; LEISURE INDUSTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); TRAINING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 54949149838     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941660802420978     Document Type: Article

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