The relationships among professional competence, job satisfaction and career development confidence for chefs in Taiwan

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1004-1011

  Ko, Wen Hwa ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Career development confidence; Chef; Job satisfaction; Professional competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858751595     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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