Hotel Companies' Contribution to Improving the Quality of Life of Local Communities and the Well-Being of Their Employees

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-158

  Bohdanowicz, Paulina ^a   Zientara, Piotr ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b College of Europe   (Belgium)

Author keywords

case study; corporate social responsibility; hospitality; hotel corporations; Scandic

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650267465     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2008.46     Document Type: Article

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