Levels of quality and environmental management in the hotel industry: Their joint influence on firm performance

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 500-510

  Tarí, Juan José ^a   Claver Cortés, Enrique ^a   Pereira Moliner, Jorge ^a   Molina Azorín, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Hotel industry; Performance; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951938422     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2009.10.029     Document Type: Article

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