Behaviors linked to high levels of hotel managers' work-related learning

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 764-783

  Nicely, Annmarie ^a   Palakurthi, Radesh ^b   Gooden, A Denise ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Hotels; Individual behavior; Jamaica; Management attitudes; Managerial learning; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052631855     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111111153466     Document Type: Article

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