Do job characteristics lead to employee creativity in travel agencies?

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-204

  Tsaur, Sheng Hshiung ^a   Yen, Chang Hua ^b   Yang, Wan Yu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Employee creativity; Job characteristics; Job type; Travel agency

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; TOURISM; WORKPLACE;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 79951565026     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.809     Document Type: Article

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