Different or alike?: Exploring the psychological contract and commitment of different generations of hospitality workers

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 553-573

  Lub, Xander ^a,b   Bijvank, Marije Nije ^a   Bal, P Matthijs ^c   Blomme, Rob ^d   Schalk, René ^b  

^a SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employees turnover; Generation; Hospitality; Hotels; Job commitment; Psychological contract; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861541111     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111211226824     Document Type: Article

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