Hourly employee retention factors in the United Kingdom quick service restaurant industry

Journal of Foodservice Business Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 39-61

  Dipietro, Robin B ^a   Thozhur, Sumeetra M ^b   Milman, Ady ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Fast food restaurants; Hospitality industry; Hourly employee retention; Quick service restaurant industry; United Kingdom (UK)

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249157177     PISSN: 15378020     EISSN: 15378039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J369v10n04_04     Document Type: Article

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