A Re-Examination of the Factors That Influence Productivity in Hotels: A Study of the Housekeeping Function

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-234

  Jones, Peter ^a   Siag, Abhijeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hotel; partial factor productivity; productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049143183     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2009.11     Document Type: Article

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