Determinants and outcome of career competencies: Perspectives of hotel managers in China

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 712-719

  Kong, Haiyan ^a   Cheung, Catherine ^b   Song, Haiyan ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Career competencies; China; Determinants; Outcome; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858751212     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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