Work hours, work intensity, satisfactions and psychological well-being among hotel managers in China

Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-93

  Fiksenbaum, Lisa ^a   Jeng, Wang ^b   Koyuncu, Mustafa ^c   Burke, Ronald J ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NEVSEHIR HACI BEKTAS VELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Hotel and catering industry; Hours of work; Managers; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952056400     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527601011016925     Document Type: Article

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