The intranet's role in newcomer socialization in the hotel industry in Taiwan - technology acceptance model analysis

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1163-1179

  Chu, Anita Zi Chun ^a   Chu, Regina Ju Chun ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Hotel industry; Newcomer; Organizational socialization; Technology acceptance model (tam)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953167884     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.556795     Document Type: Article

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