Promoting frontline employees' quality of life: Leisure benefit systems and work-to-leisure conflicts

Tourism Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 178-187

  Lin, Jo Hui ^a   Wong, Jehn Yih ^b   Ho, Ching hua ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Leisure benefit system; Leisure satisfaction; Quality of life; Work to leisure conflict

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; LABOR STANDARD; LEISURE INDUSTRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURIST ATTRACTION; WORKING CONDITIONS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84872190153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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