Voices of women: A memory-work reflection on work-life dis/harmony in tourism academia

Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-36

  Small, Jennie ^a   Harris, Candice ^b   Wilson, Erica ^c   Ateljevic, Irena ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Harmony; Tourism; Universities; Women; Work life

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955812771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14738376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3794/johlste.101.265     Document Type: Article

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