Human resource development in the hotel industry of Mauritius: myth or reality?

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 249-266

  Prayag, Girish ^a   Hosany, Sameer ^b  

^a SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HRD; line managers; Mauritius; neural network; SIDS; staff training

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

EID: 84920432768     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2013.787051     Document Type: Article

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