The Right Answers to the Wrong Questions? Observations on Skill Development and Training in the United Kingdom's Hospitality Sector

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 340-352

  Lashley, Conrad ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chefs; latent skills shortages; skills sets; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349594557     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2009.21     Document Type: Article

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