Sexual discrimination and harassment in the hospitality industry

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Ineson, Elizabeth M ^a   Yap, Matthew H T ^b   Whiting, Graham ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Diversity management; Hospitality industry; LGBT; Sexual discrimination; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878459263     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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