Employee-customer linkages: A social identification perspective in a hotel industry context

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-143

  Solnet, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 70349591226     PISSN: 14476770     EISSN: 18395260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jhtm.14.2.129     Document Type: Article

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