Promoting innovation in hospitality companies through human resource management practices

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 812-818

  Chang, Song ^a   Gong, Yaping ^b   Shum, Cass ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Human resource management practices; Incremental innovation; Radical innovation; Selection; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958857311     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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