Domestic migrant workers in China's hotel industry: An exploratory study of their life satisfaction and job burnout

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1283-1291

  Shen, Han ^a   Huang, Chenchen ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Domestic migrant workers; Economy hotel; Job burnout; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862173565     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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