Effects of attitudes vs experience of workplace fun on employee behaviors: Focused on Generation Y in the hospitality industry

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 410-427

  Choi, Young Gin ^a   Kwon, Junehee ^a   Kim, Wansoo ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Employees behavior; Generation Y; Hospitality business; Hospitality services; Job satisfaction; OCBI; Task performance; United States of America; Workplace; Workplace fun

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875585008     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111311311044     Document Type: Article

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