Managing Swiss Hospitality: How cultural antecedents of innovation and customer-oriented value systems can influence performance in the hotel industry

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1119-1129

  Tajeddini, Kayhan ^a,c   Trueman, Myfanwy ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural dimensions; Customer orientation; Hospitality industry; Innovativeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862199662     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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