Retention of hourly hotel employees: A look at select hotels in the Southeastern United States

Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 47-62

  Ricci, Peter ^a   Milman, Ady ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotel industry; Hourly employees; Retention; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650073392     PISSN: 15332845     EISSN: 15332853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J171v01n04_04     Document Type: Article

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