Work environment and atmosphere: The role of organizational support in the creativity performance of tourism and hospitality organizations

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-35

  Tsai, Chang Yen ^a   Horng, Jeou Shyan ^b   Liu, Chih Hsing ^c   Hu, Da Chian ^b  

^a MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Creativity; Hospitality; Organization support; Tourism; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922230665     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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