Tourism involvement, work engagement and job satisfaction among frontline hotel employees

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 214-239

  Yeh, Chien Mu ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Tourism involvement; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH; SERVICE SECTOR; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84875046365     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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