The path of least resistance? Choice and constraint in HRM strategy in the UK hotel sector

Handbook of Hospitality Human Resources Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 291-313

  Wilton, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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