Decent Work in the South African Tourism Industry: Evidence from Tourist Guides

Urban Forum

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-103

  De Beer, Andries ^a   Rogerson, Christian M ^b   Rogerson, Jayne M ^b  

^a University of Johannesburg ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decent work; South Africa; Tourism employment; Tourist guides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893970917     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-013-9199-8     Document Type: Article

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