'Tourism jobs - Short lived professions': Student attitudes towards tourism careers in China

Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-19

  Jiang, Bingli ^a   Tribe, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; China; Grounded theory; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 66749100091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14738376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3794/johlste.81.168     Document Type: Article

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