Tourism employment issues in malaysia

Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-179

  Liu, Abby ^a   Liu, Hsiou Hsiang J ^b  

^a ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Developing country; Malaysia; Tourism employment; Tourism policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949158990     PISSN: 15332845     EISSN: 15332853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332840802156907     Document Type: Article

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