Career path profiles of general managers of Korean super deluxe hotels and factors influencing their career development: Vocational insights for htm students and hotel employees

Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-116

  Kim, Samuel Seongseop ^a   Chun, Hejin ^b   Petrick, James F ^c  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang Cyber University   (South Korea)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Career path; General manager (GM); Hotel industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449120261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14738376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3794/johlste.82.212     Document Type: Article

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