An exploratory study of US lodging properties' organizational practices on employee turnover and retention

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-458

  Moncarz, Elisa ^a   Zhao, Jinlin ^a   Kay, Christine ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LYNN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Hospitality services; Human resource strategies; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549124114     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110910955695     Document Type: Article

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