Workforce diversity and hotel performance: A systematic review and synthesis of the international empirical evidence

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 394-403

  Sourouklis, Christakis ^a   Tsagdis, Dimitrios ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hotel; Performance; Review; Voluntary initiatives; Workforce diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878566900     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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