The Australian hospitality industry's response to formalised enterprise and individual bargaining prior to the Rudd Government

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-54

  Buultjens, Jeremy ^a   Cairncross, Grant ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Employment relations; Enterprise bargaining; Tourism and hospitality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868103741     PISSN: 14476770     EISSN: 18395260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jhtm.16.1.45     Document Type: Article

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