Casino employees' perceptions of their quality of work life

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 348-358

  Wan, Yim King Penny ^a   Chan, Sow Hup Joanne ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TOURISM STUDIES   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Casino; Employees' perceptions; Gambling industry; Macau; Quality of work life (QWL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878603127     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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