The Relationship between Leisure Outsourcing and Specificity: Performance and Management Perception in Hotels in the Canary Islands

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 396-418

  Espino Rodríguez, Tomás F ^a   Gil Padilla, Antonia Ma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

capabilities; leisure; leisure performance; organizational performance; outsourcing; resources; specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449114591     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348005276934     Document Type: Article

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