Emotional labor of the tour leaders: An exploratory study

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-259

  Wong, Jehn Yih ^a   Wang, Chih Hung ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emotional labor; Exploratory study; Tour leader

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; MANAGEMENT; SERVICE SECTOR; TOURISM;

EID: 58349087623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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