Human resource challenges confronting the Cyprus hospitality industry

EuroMed Journal of Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-153

  Zopiatis, Anastasios ^a   Constanti, Panikkos ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b INTERCOLLEGE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Employee turnover; Hospitality services; Motivation (psychology); Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952151088     PISSN: 14502194     EISSN: 1758888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14502190710826022     Document Type: Article

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