Mobility, migration and hospitality employment: Voices of central and Eastern European women

Hospitality and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-157

  Rydzik, Agnieszka ^a   Pritchard, Annette ^a   Morgan, Nigel ^a   Sedgley, Diane ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arts based methods; Female employees; Hospitality employment; Labour mobility; Migrants; Participatory methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870986891     PISSN: 20427913     EISSN: 20427921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/hosp.2.2.137_1     Document Type: Article

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