Contingent management plans awaiting a contingency: The GFC and workplace change in the Australian hotels sector

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 266-278

  Townsend, Keith ^a   Wilkinson, Adrian ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; global financial crisis; hotels; human resource management; people management

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FIRM SIZE; GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN RESOURCE; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SERVICE SECTOR; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84877880238     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.767640     Document Type: Article

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