Investigating occupational burnout of food and beverage employees: The case of Cyprus

British Food Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 930-947

  Zopiatis, Anastasios ^a   Orphanides, Nicholas ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Hospitality services; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350322027     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700910992853     Document Type: Article

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