Hotel employees' perceptions on corporate social responsibility: The case of Hong Kong

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1143-1154

  Tsai, Henry ^a   Tsang, Nelson K F ^a   Cheng, Stephanie K Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Employee; Hong Kong; Hotel; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862217299     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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