Individual employment characteristics of hotel employees that play a role in employee satisfaction and work retention

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-353

  Lee, Chang ^a   Way, Kelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Food and Life Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Employment; Hotel; Job; Retention; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951937950     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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