Overcoming work-related stress and promoting employee creativity in hotel industry: The role of task feedback from supervisor

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 416-424

  Hon, Alice H Y ^a   Chan, Wilco W H ^a   Lu, Lin ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

Challenge related stress; China; Employee creativity; Hindrance related stress; Hotel; Supervisory task feedback; Voice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876100814     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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