An empirical study of retention issues in hotel industry: A case study of Serena Hotel, Faisalabad, Pakistan

European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences

Volumn , Issue 29, 2011, Pages 7-18

  Khan, Aaisha Arbab ^a   Mahmood, Babak ^b   Ayoub, Mehvish ^a   Hussain, Shabbir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FAISALABAD   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Productivity; Retention; Rewards; Strategies; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952155700     PISSN: 14502275     EISSN: 14502275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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