Core self-evaluations, exhaustion, and job outcomes: A study of frontline hotel employees in Iran

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 248-257

  Karatepe, Osman M ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

core self evaluations; exhaustion; hotel employees; Iran; job outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856343181     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1467358411418898     Document Type: Article

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