An Exploratory Study Identifying Soft Skill Competencies in Entry-Level Managers

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-361

  Weber, Melvin R ^a   Finley, Dori A ^a   Crawford, Alleah ^a   Rivera, David ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual skills; employment competencies; human relations skills; soft skills; technical skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349603837     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2009.22     Document Type: Article

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