Challenges for the global hospitality industry: An HR perspective

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-162

  Bharwani, Sonia ^a   Butt, Neetu ^a  

^a Institute for International Management and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Challenges; Globalization; Hospitality services; Human resource management; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890835890     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554211211217325     Document Type: Article

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