Migration and Innovation at the Bottom End: Understanding the Role of Migrant Managers in Small Hotels in the Global City

Mobilities

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-414

  Paraskevopoulou, Anna ^a   Markova, Eugenia ^b   Williams, Allan ^c   Shaw, Gareth ^d  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b London Metroplitan University Business School   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hotels; Innovation; London; migration

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MANAGEMENT; SERVICE SECTOR; WORLD CITY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864721801     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2012.662359     Document Type: Article

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