The organizational impacts of quality management in tourism firms: An empirical investigation of the Molise Region, Italy

Tourism

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-446

  Sheehan, Lorn ^a   Presenza, Angelo ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Empirical research; Isomorphism; Italy; New institutionalism theory; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856006200     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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