Hospitality management graduates' perceptions of career factor importance and career factor experience

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-67

  Brown, Eric A ^a   Arendt, Susan W ^a   Bosselman, Robert H ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career experiences; Career importance; Hiring manager; Hospitality education; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887571006     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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