Employees' perceptions of younger and older managers by generation and job category

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-50

  Chi, Christina G ^a   Maier, Thomas A ^b   Gursoy, Dogan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby boomers; Generational differences; Generations; GenX; Job position; Millennials; Multigenerational employees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875238914     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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