Thailand's Human Resource Competencies in Airline Service Quality: Voices from the Airline Industry

Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 280-302

  Wattanacharoensil, Walanchalee ^a   Yoopetch, Chanin ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Airline industry; competencies; human resources; service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865059173     PISSN: 15332845     EISSN: 15332853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332845.2012.690680     Document Type: Article

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