Determinants of hotels' environmental performance: Evidence from the hotel industry in Accra, Ghana

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1212-1231

  Mensah, Ishmael ^a   Blankson, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Accra; environment; environmental performance; hotel; organizational characteristics; socio demographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LEISURE INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84889660056     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.776058     Document Type: Article

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