Reasons for employee turnover among room attendants: Managers’ perspectives

Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-38

  Madanoglu, Melih ^a   Moreo, Patrick J ^b   Leong, Jerrold K ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AH LA; Employee turnover; Lodging industry; Room attendants

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449131730     PISSN: 15332845     EISSN: 15332853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J171v02n01_02     Document Type: Article

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