Constructing career competency model of hospitality industry employees for career success

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 994-1016

  Wang, Yao Fen ^a  

^a TAINAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Career development; Career success; Competency; Core employability; Hospitality industry; Hospitality services; Hotels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884515241     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-07-2012-0106     Document Type: Article

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