Migrant networks, language learning and tourism employment

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 431-439

  Janta, Hania ^a   Lugosi, Peter ^b   Brown, Lorraine ^a   Ladkin, Adele ^c  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

EU enlargement; Language learning; Migrants; Netnography; Networks; Polish; Tourism employment; Virtual

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN RESOURCE; INTERNET; LABOR MIGRATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MIGRANT WORKER; SOCIAL NETWORK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 82955203701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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