Job resourcefulness as a moderator of the work-family conflict - Job satisfaction relationship: A study of hotel employees in Nigeria

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Karatepe, Osman M ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Family work conflict; Hotel employees; Job resourcefulness; Job satisfaction; Nigeria; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867494880     PISSN: 14476770     EISSN: 18395260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jhtm.18.1.10     Document Type: Article

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