Tour guiding, organisational culture and learning: Lessons from an entrepreneurial company

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 467-479

  Lugosi, Peter ^a   Bray, Jeffery ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Guided tours; Guiding; Organisational culture; Organisational learning; Tour guide

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; LEARNING; TOURISM;

EID: 59849098828     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.681     Document Type: Article

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